Roosevelt continued his focus on removing corruption from the state, acting as a reformer that regulated corporations and the civil service. The economic and political knowledge Teddy gained during his time as governor became invaluable during his presidency. ...
Roosevelt is thought to have been the United States’ first modern president. During his presidency, the U.S. became a world power. In 1904, he announced the Roosevelt Corollary. “[The U.S.] must keep order” in North and South America, he said. He also worked with Congress to streng...
ROBERT J. McCARTHY
February 12, 1884Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (Daughter) born in New York City, New York. (Her mother Alice Roosevelt would die a couple of days later) February 14, 1884Martha “Mittie” Stewart Bulloch Roosevelt (Mother) dies in New York City, New York. (She would die a few hours bef...
I am extremely blessed to be able to bring Roosevelt to life for audiences across the country. It’s time I shared a secret: I get as much, if not more back from the people I meet. One of the things I love about “being Teddy” is the opportunity to hear other people’s stories....
A cartoon created during Roosevelt’s presidency about the bear hunt story. [PHOTO:fineartamerica] This story spread like wildfire throughout the country, and later that year, a Brooklyn candy shop owner had an idea. He created a stuffed toy bear and dedicated it to the president who refused...
Before the trial was over, Roosevelt would occupy the witness chair for eight consecutive days, 38 ½ hours in all, perhaps the longest time that the famously energetic ex-president ever sat still. But true to form, he played to the jury as if it was his audience at a campaign rally,...
As for Native Americans, Roosevelt’s considerable time spent ranching in the Dakota Territory only hardened his mindset toward them, years before he became president. “I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indian is the dead Indian,” he said in 1886,“but I believe nine ...
英语故事-Teddy Roosevelt英语故事 Teddy Roosevelt 应运而生的时代英雄——泰迪·罗斯福 Teddy RooseveltThey don’t hold White House lunches the way they used to at the beginning of the century. On Jan. 1, 1907, for example, the guest list was as follows: a Nobel prizewinner, a naval ...
Roosevelt saw the trip as perhaps his “last chance for something in the nature of a great adventure,” and he devoted the last months of his lame-duck presidency to little other than making preparations. Equipment needed to be purchased, routes mapped, guns and ammo sele...