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The history event that I chose to do was to watch a documentary on the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I watch a two-part documentary on Netflix titled “The Wheelchair President”. In my opinion, I think that former president FDR was one of the best presidents of all time. By watching this documentary, I learned the impact that he had on economic and foreign policy all while being physically disabled. It was interesting for me to see how FDR had managed to hide off his disability because he felt that it would make him look unfit to for high governmental power in the eyes of many Americans. Roosevelt was very open minded president who wanted all countries such as Russian to become a part of the nation because he believed that there was an essential good in every person. He was a man of many talents and was very good at advocating for the betterment of the people who lived in poorer conditions. Roosevelt wanted a new power that was centralized on an inclusive government that would include all nations. it was interesting to learn that Roosevelt was very quiet about his disabled condition on that he did not want anyone to know about it there are even very few pictures of Roosevelt in his wheelchair. Seeing this documentary as a historian makes me realize that the presidency before was not as explicit as it is today. Now, we can know everything about the presidential candidates even before they come president. Yet, in the past the personal life of the president could be maintained private. Overall, this documentary taught me new information about FDR from his personal life and how it differentiated from his happy and bright mind in policies.