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1. Roosevelt’s Foreign Policies 2. Important Conferences during WWII 3. The Cold War 4. Civil Rights Movement 5. U.S. Presidents 1. Roosevelt: Introduction Contracted, in 1921, an illness diagnosed then as polio (infantile paralysis) which resulted in permanent paralysis from the waist down. However, his age at onset (39 years) and the majority of symptoms of his illness are more consistent with a diagnosis of Guillain–Barré syndrome. (巴利综合症，一种急性的神经系统疾病) FDR laboriously learned to walk a short distance with a cane, and was very careful not to be seen in his wheelchair (only 2 photos). In his late years, numerous ailments including chronic high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease, and congestive heart failure. Died of a stroke on April 12, 1945 Amendment 22 (1947): No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. 1. Roosevelt’s foreign policies 1933–37: Good Neighbor Policy 1937–41: Isolation to Intervention 1941–45: Entry into War US Foreign Policies before WWII 1823, Monroe Doctrine: America for Americans 1901, Theodore Roosevelt: The Big Stick, Aggression Policy 1919, League of Union: Isolationism 1933–37: Good Neighbor Policy The rejection of the League of Nations treaty in 1919 marked the dominance of isolationism from world organizations. The Good Neighbor Policy towards Latin America. (c.f. the Monroe Doctrine of 1823) American forces were withdrawn from Haiti. New treaties with Cuba and Panama ended their status as United States protectorates. 1933, Montevideo Convention (Uruguay), renouncing the right to intervene unilaterally in the affairs of Latin American countries. 3 Neutrality Acts by US Congress, 1935-1937 Background: 1933, the rise of power of Dictator Adolf Hitler 1935, Italy invading Ethiopia imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. declared that American citizens on warring ships traveled at their own risk. However,