As the first daughter to president Theodore Roosevelt and wife to Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth‚ many could say that Alice Roosevelt was set for life. It would have been very easy for her to conform to the societal ideal as the respectable and demure daughter‚ and later wife‚ to politically powerful men. It is extremely unlikely anyone thought she would become known as the most rebellious first daughter or to continuously gain international headlines (Donahue). Alice constantly challenging
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Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States in September 1901‚ after the assassination of President William McKinley. Roosevelt became the youngest president in the nation’s history. He was only 42 years old. Roosevelt’s nickname was Teddy. His youth and enthusiasm changed the public image of the presidency. The presidential mansion officially became known as the White House when Roosevelt had the name emblazoned on his stationery. His first Annual Message to Congress was in
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On October 14‚ 1912‚ Theodore Roosevelt was stopped in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin to make his candidate speech for the next presidential election of 1912. While Theodore Roosevelt was deep into his speech‚ a shot from the crowd was shot at him‚ entering the right side of Roosevelt’s chest and rib. The next day Roosevelt died. In the investigation to figure out who had attempted such a crude act. The evidence that was found was foreign coins‚ a button with an elephant‚ a large jacket‚ a map of Chicago‚
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“I want to photosynthesize” (Theodore Roethke). Representing the parallels between photosynthesizing and growth‚ transcendentalist poet Theodore Huebner Roethke focuses on the experiences he has with the symbolic greenhouse‚ which his childhood centers on‚ in Saginaw‚ Michigan. The American poet illustrates the association of nature with freedom in the coming of age poem “Child On top of a Greenhouse. The poem involves a persona that is breaking free of the confinement of the greenhouse; a child
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The Square Deal President Theodore Roosevelt relentlessly improved the living‚ environmental‚ and business standards of the United States through his progressive program known as The Square Deal. Roosevelt’s Square Deal focused mainly on three domestic improvements‚ referred to as the “Three C’s:” conservation‚ consumer protection‚ and controlling corporations. Shortly after taking over the presidency position‚ upon the assassination of William McKinley‚ Roosevelt began implementing reforms from
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The Anti-Imperialist Perspective and The New Manifest Destiny Senator George F. Hoar opposed the use of blatant force in order to plant our flag in another country; this included the annexation of the Philippines. The Senator did not want our Nation‚ a republic based on freedom‚ to turn into a violent nation using physical force. He is quoted saying "the danger that we are to be transformed from a Republic‚ founded on the Declaration of Independence . . . into a vulgar‚ commonplace empire‚
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this party was to beat corruption and stop the political machines from taking power. Theodore Roosevelt was the first Progressive president to take power in the United States. He was elected the president of America in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley and would become the 26th president of the United States‚ Roosevelt would later get re-elected in 1904 and would become the
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30‚ 1882 at his parents’ estate in Hyde Park‚ New York. His parents were members of the New York aristocracy. His father‚ James‚ was a country gentleman who made money in railroads and coal. His mother‚ Sara‚ was a strong-willed woman who adored her only child and remained a central figure in his life until her death in 1941. His father died in 1900. FDR�s childhood in Hyde Park instilled in him a love of the Hudson Valley‚ farming and rural people. His
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The African proverb‚ “Speak softly but carry a big stick‚” was a personal mantra of sorts for Teddy Roosevelt. Although burdened by poor health as a child‚ Roosevelt was an expert when it came to living‚ maybe even because of his seemingly perpetual illness (Whitelaw). He was an exceptionally motivated person‚ and he let nothing stand in the way of his many ideas and aspirations. Roosevelt is known for many things‚ but some of his most notable achievements include his fighting with the Rough Riders
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Theodore Weld- Born November 23‚ 1803‚ in Hampton Conn‚ while at the age 14 he would inherit a 100-acre farm from his father‚ he grew up to be a leading architect for the American abolitionist movement‚ American Abolitionist Movement meaning‚ “a movement to end slavery.” While young‚ his family moved to New York where Weld would meet one of them men who inspired him the most‚ Capt. Charles Stuart. After 1829 when Stuart went of to preach about the abolition of West Indian Slavery‚ weld had become
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