Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr., he was their second child and first son. ... Because of this, Theodore always admired his father that would protect him. ... Theodore made it home only hours after his father had died. The loss of his father would have a profound effect on Theodore as seen later in his life. ... On September 14, 1901, William McKinley died of bullet wounds inflicted by an assassin, Theodore Roosevelt suddenly became the nation's 26th president. ...

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The election consisted of four nationally recognized candidates William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Eugene Debbs. ... Roosevelt was Taft's predecessor, who had left the Republican party to form the new progressive party. ... Theodore Roosevelt stood at the center of the campaign. ... Roosevelt pushed for regulatory commission. ... Debbs worked from a different, more expansive notion of democracy and equality than Roosevelt. ...

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A forty-two year old New Yorker named Theodore Roosevelt took control of the White House. ... Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, a writer, a hunter, a ranchman, and a soldier all before becoming a politician. ... Born to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Teddy was the second child and the first son the couple had. ... Theodore Sr. was a partner in the firm Roosevelt and Son, an old importing company. ... Theodore and Martha Roosevelt's certainly lived in interesting times. ...

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In one corner stands Theodore Roosevelt, running for what would technically be his third term. ... Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president when President William McKinley was assassinated, and Roosevelt (McKinley's Vice President) took over. ... He lacked the social that Roosevelt had. ... During his presidency, Taft was more committed to foreign expansion than his predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt. ... There is Theodore Roosevelt, "speak softly and carry a big stick, " "Peaceful Bill " William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson and his Fourteen Points. ...

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A very significant contribution to the Progressive movement came from those of whom Theodore Roosevelt called the muckrakers. ... This was evidently true, that is until Theodore Roosevelt came along. ... The presidents of the Progressive movement included Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), William Taft (1909-1913) and first term of Democrat Woodrow Wilson (1913-1917). ... During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt's Justice Department brought 44 cases against several trusts. William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt's secretary of war, was chosen by T. ...

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"The Struggle for Social Justice" was the basis of the platform that Theodore Roosevelt and his Progressive Party ran on in the 1912 presidential campaign. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt was elected president after an anarchist killed President McKinley. Roosevelt was a Republican, but was truly a progressive at heart. ... Meanwhile, Roosevelt had been on a long hunting safari in Africa. ... In 1915, Wilson helped pass Roosevelt's child labor law. ...

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Franklin Roosevelt was the son of James Roosevelt and his second wife, Sara Delano. ... Sara Delano Roosevelt brought a fortune to the marriage that was significantly larger than that of James Roosevelt. ... Soon, he became and above-average student at Harvard, taking part in many extracurricular activities, including the Republican club, in support of his cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. ... Well before he finished his work at Columbia, young Franklin Roosevelt had married his distant cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt was not this fortunate. ...

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A featured article related to the war in Europe is one that contains the writings of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt points out that this has always been said at the end of every large war. ... Roosevelt worries that if steps are not taken to secure the United States, it will fall victim in this war like so many other countries. ...

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On May 15, Theodore Roosevelt began training the famous Rough Riders for battles in Cuba, which brought him the fame that made him vice president in 1901 and then president on September 13 . ... In 1897, Theodore Roosevelt was already a well known national figure, hero of the frontier, vigorous patriot, champion of American values, and most importantly, chief spokesman for an aggressive American foreign policy. ... The unit Roosevelt assembled was unlike anything the Army had seen before. ... Roosevelt assembled him men in San Antonio, where, in typical Teddy style, he whipped them into army s...

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Theodore Roosevelt said "To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase it's usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very property which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed" (Nature Node). After reading these words from Roosevelt, which overflow with truth, one cant help but feel compelled to take a stand and save our lands, including our waterways, for our future generations but nevertheless don't act upon this feeling. ...

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Roosevelt entered the Presidency, his new mission, which he called the New Deal, was one of "reform, revive, (and) relief" (Orr 10/17/02). ... Theodore Roosevelt, during the Progressive age, was also known for his assertive nature and willingness to stand up to corporate monopolies and trusts. ... Roosevelt both shared the belief that a small, uninvolved government would not suffice in an industrial era. ... LaFollette, Teddy Roosevelt adopted his platform of New Nationalism, which promoted regulation, not eradication, of big businesses. By establishing this platform, Teddy Roosevelt aimed ...

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Progressivism gained a strong voice in the White House when Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901. Roosevelt believed that strong corporations were good for America, but he also believed that corporate conduct must be watched to guarantee that business greed did not get out of hand, this was knows as trust-busting and federal regulation of business. ... Unlike most Republicans, who largely ignored economic and social inequalities, Roosevelt acknowledged them. Roosevelt believed that large agencies run by experts could find rational solutions to satisfy everyone. President Roosevelt rea...

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To begin, President Theodore Roosevelt believed he was serving the public good by supporting legislation that promoted the rise of the national state. For example, Roosevelt was seen as striking out against good trusts and bad trusts, as shown in document A. ... African Americans made success during President Theodore Roosevelt's presidency when he invited Booker T. ...

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Yet, Theodore Roosevelt, while of course he did astounding excellencies during his presidency, when he wrote American Ideals, he asked for something that could be considered an impossible task. ... Throughout this selection, Roosevelt seems in complete naivete to those without any privilege whatsoever. Like a horse with blinders on, it's almost as if he really believes all one has to do is just absolve themselves of their old heritage and become American – no anarchy and love the flag (Roosevelt 1153-1156). ... We hear the tales like "Trail of Tears" or "Massacre at ...

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President Roosevelt did not want Europe in Mexico because he feared Europe would move into America. ... His change was called the Roosevelt Corollary and allowed America to intervene with Latin America problems. In Theodore Roosevelt's Annual Message to Congress, he said the Roosevelt Corollary was to help spread democracy and keep neighboring nations efficient. ... During this time period, Roosevelt wanted to build a canal through Panama. ... The Panamanian Revolt also helped Roosevelt keep a market. ...

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In anticipation of a war, on February 25, 1898, Theodore Roosevelt, assistant navy secretary, ordered Commander George Dewey to descend upon the Spanish Philippines, which he flawlessly and magnificently accomplished on May 1, 1898. ... The invasion of Cuba, the central affair of the war, did not develop until mid-June in Tampa, when 17,000 troops, including and particularly Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders", arrived at the Florida city. ...

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Muir published Our National Parks, in 1901, which brought him to the attention of the great conservationist President, Theodore Roosevelt. In May of 1903, President Roosevelt and Muir journeyed to Yosemite. The captivating panoramic beauty of the valley mesmerized Roosevelt. ... There, together, beneath the trees, they laid the foundation of Roosevelt's innovative and notable conservation programs (Sierra Club). Due in large part to the influence of Muir, Roosevelt created 5 national parks, 23 national monuments, and added more than 148 million acres to the national forest system. ...

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Alice Roosevelt 1861-1884 Theodore Roosevelt's first wife died in 1884, 17 years before he was elected president. A year later, he remarried and Edith Roosevelt joined her husband in the White House upon the assassination of President McKinley.   ... Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife was the first first lady to hold regular press conferences, write a daily newspaper column and a monthly magazine column, and host a weekly radio show.   ...

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Some progress was made against the trusts during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, and Congress passed two bills regulating railroads. Although Roosevelt supported the progressive drive for regulation of corporations and for social welfare legislation, Congress remained adamantly against it. Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft, was a determined opponent of progressive reform. ... When this failed, progressives united in a third party and nominated Roosevelt for President. ...

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In 1941, just a short time after Albert Einstein had warned the current president Theodore Roosevelt, that the Germans were looking to produce an extremely destructive bomb. ... President Roosevelt had decided that keeping information from the Soviets about the development of the bomb was beneficial. ...

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The United States, in a way, succumbed to the international peer pressure, and so did Theodore Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt even added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine to justify his actions in the Caribbean. ...

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In a way, he was almost able to shed, or bleach, inwardly the remnants that defined him as an African American and become that ideal just "American" that Theodore Roosevelt shouts about in his manifesto. ... Du Bois, who claimed he "had not spoken out strongly enough for what they termed the 'rights' of the race" (454), an example that for someone who might find a way to immerse themselves into the American culture, can't find a way to escape what Du Bois would call the "two-ness" or "double consciousness" peopleof color have to face in A...

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McKinley went on to run against Bryan once more, during this time Theodore Roosevelt began rising into the presidential debate and was a threat to the big business as he fought for new laws and acts just as Bryan had. To shut Roosevelt out of the election, the wealthiest men made sure he was silenced and put into vice president position to satisfy the American people. After winning another election year, McKinley was soon assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, a man who had lost his job due to Rockefellers reign and McKinley supporting him along the way.5 Czolgosz shot McKinley twice, and miraculously...

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l. Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a ...

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Conjointly he was alive to see Theodore Roosevelt, the United States President, die. ... He saw the movement that Franklin Roosevelt had on the American people to climb out of the depression and comfort all the people while letting them know that everything was going to be okay. ...

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