Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery VOCABULARY

What does the word influential mean?

• Having the ability to fly
• Being able to predict the future
• Having a fear of heights
• Having the power to change or affect something.

What does the word poise mean?

• Graceful and elegant composure
• Unsteady and shaky posture
• Confidence and self-assurance
• Awkward and clumsy demeanor

What does the word vibrancy mean?

• Having a strong odor; pungent.
• Full of energy and life

• Lacking energy and enthusiasm; dull.
• Full of color and brightness; vivid.

What does the word self-importance mean?

• Exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
• Indifference towards one's own abilities
• Humble attitude towards oneself
• Lack of self-confidence

What does the word timid mean?

• Confident and bold
• Shy and reserved
• Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
• Fearless and daring

What was one of Eleanor Roosevelt's biggest accomplishments?

• Winning a Nobel Prize

• Inventing a new recipe

• Public stances on civil rights

• Becoming a movie star

She married President ________________.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eleanor changed the role of:

• First Lady of the United States

• mothers all over the world

• writers in newspapers

• teachers

Why did Eleanor not want to be First Lady when her husband first became president?

• She was afraid of public speaking.

• She was not interested in politics.

• She was independent and preferred to focus on her ambitious lifestyle.

• She did not want her husband to be away from home and she did not want to host.

Why did Eleanor never admit to her husband that she did not want him to be president?

• She always wanted to be supportive of him.

• She was afraid of the public scrutiny.

• She thought he was not qualified for the job.

• She wanted to run for president herself.