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How Might FDR's Personal Background Have Prepared Him to Meet

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How might FDR's personal background have prepared him to meet the challenges of the Great Depression?


A) Since he was from a privileged background, he did not personally suffer financial hardship, which left him free to address the country's crisis.
B) His service as assistant secretary of the Navy under Wilson prepared him to balance foreign and domestic affairs during the Great Depression.
C) His relationship to Theodore Roosevelt gave him a reputation as a conservationist and powerful Republican leader.
D) His bout with polio gave him personal experience of suffering and made him more sensitive to the downtrodden of society.
E) His Ivy League education made him sensitive to the needs of wealthy American businessmen during the Great Depression.

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