-As Shown in Both the Photograph of Franklin D

question 34

Multiple Choice

-As shown in both the photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt taken during the 1932 presidential campaign and the 1936 political cartoon from the Kansas City Star depicting a sprinting Roosevelt, why did FDR impose self-censorship on being photographed or depicted in his wheelchair?

• A) He was in denial of the effect that polio had taken on his life.
• B) He feared being viewed as weak and physically unfit to run the country.
• C) He believed that the sight of his wheelchair would lower morale.
• D) He did not want to inspire feelings of pity and sympathy in others.

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