Franklin Roosevelt Was Motivated to Run for a Third Term

question 12

Multiple Choice

Franklin Roosevelt was motivated to run for a third term as president in 1940 mainly by his

• A) personal desire to defeat his old political rival, Wendell Willkie.
• B) belief that America needed his experienced leadership during the international crisis.
• C) belief that the two-term tradition was contrary to democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution.
• D) opposition to Willkie's pledge to restore a strict policy of American neutrality.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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