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...
When Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt assumed the presidency in 1901, he was 42 and theyoungest Presidentin American history (a distinction he still holds over a century later). Despite his age, Roosevelt harbored a mature understanding of his position, believing that the President was a “steward ...
When he became convinced, four years after retiring from the presidency, that his Republican Party was no longer interested in meaningful reform, Roosevelt founded his own new party, theProgressive Party, and waged the most successful third-party campaign for president in American history. Although ...
Teddy Roosevelt entered Harvard College on Sept. 27, 1876, when he was 18 years old. He did well in his studies, following his father’s advice that “your morals come first, your health second, and your studies third.” His father died two years later, in 1878. Devastated, Roosevelt ...
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 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...
He also built up the Navy during his presidency. In addition he formed a cavalry of men known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts that led to an end in the Russo-Japanese War. He is also known for his environmental efforts. He left office in...
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is an outsized figure in American politics. He became president in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley, and the brash and independent Roosevelt quickly remade the presidency in his own image. More than a century later, Am...
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 ...