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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

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Roosevelt: The Early Days

I was born October 27,1858 in New York as the second child of a family of four. I lived a happy life with his family filled with supporters, however I suffered through asthma and other health problems. As a teenager I decided to dedicate my life to fitness to overcome my health problems. So I began to exercise and bodybuild, which made me more powerful as the years came.

Roosevelt: As a Young Adult

As a young adult I went to college to learn German, Zoology, and Forensics. I found love with Alice Hathaway Lee and married her in 1880. I would go on to be elected for the New York Assembly and serve two terms from 1882 to 1884. However, February 12th, Alice gave birth to our daughter, two days later my mother and wife would die on the same day in the same house merely hours apart. Stricken with grief, I buried himself in political work and eventually left to the Dakota Badlands, leaving my daughter with my sister. There I would become a ranger and a sheriff.

Roosevelt: To Become The President

In 1886 I returned home, in part because of my new found love with Edith Kermit Carow. We would raise my first daughter, along with five other children. Returning to New York, I began to write again until I eventually went back to politics. After finding myself in several different positions, I would find myself as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When the Spanish-American war began I resigned as assistant secretary and became the commander of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders. After the war ended, my team was seen as war heroes. I loved it as well, "I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the United States Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed." - Theodore Roosevelt. After the war was over I went back to politics and would eventually run for President in 1900. I became Vice President soon after campaigning as Mckinley was elected President. However, in 1901 Mckinley would be assassinated and I would take over the presidency as the Twenty-Sixth President of the United States.

Roosevelt's Accomplishments

Theodore Roosevelt accomplished many things in his life. One of these monumental actions was Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was made to ensure that European powers weren’t authorized to colonize the Western Hemisphere. Roosevelt’s Corollary stated that not only could Europe not colonize those countries but America was responsible for the protection and preservation of order and life in those countries. This kept the Western Hemisphere in check by America ensuring no corruption or wrongdoings from occurring.

Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution of the Treaty of Portsmouth. Conflict between Russia and Japan was beginning due to each power wanting greater power over Asia. The war went on and Japan found themselves lacking funding for the war and went to America for help, in which Theodore Roosevelt accepted. The treaty was made and Roosevelt's plan to keep both sides at equal power succeed for the time being, he would soon win a Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in bringing peace to the two nations.

Memorial: Intro

Theodore Roosevelt will forever be remembered as the manliest president of all time. His physique, his resume, everything about him screams manly. However, that by itself doesn’t prove whether he’s a hero or a villain. This essay will explain the reasoning to why Theodore Roosevelt was a hero as he has so many positive accomplishments it easily outweighs the negative actions which are few and far between.

Memorial: Hero or Villain

There’s a reason it is easy to that Theodore Roosevelt was a hero as he has won a Nobel Peace Prize. During the Russo-Japanese war he had taken part in the creation of the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the conflict between Russia and Japanese and brought peace for the foreseeable future. His plan with the treaty, not only was to make peace between the countries but also to even out their power as to cause no more conflict, in which his plan worked. Although the Nobel Peace Prize would not be enough evidence even if it is a peace prize. Another reason he can be seen as a hero is because of all the conservation of wildlife that was brought by him. Theodore lived in the North Dakota Badlands for a bit and grew closer to nature there. Evidently when he became president he would go on to create parks and add land to already existing parks to preserve the wildlife in them. He was commonly known as the “conservationist president” because of this and even has a national park in his name to honor his actions. Even then, this was all done in during his time as president. Before that he was a man of his own will and may have been one of the causes of the Spanish-American war. During his time as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy he insisted that America attacked before the Spanish did. In the war he fought valiantly with his Rough Riders, however also caused a lot of mischief as leader, doing things on his own accord, leading to the death of many of his men. This, of course, is an argument to be made that he was a villain, however 26 of the 45 presidents of America are veterans. Not only that but a majority were also volunteers just as Roosevelt was. Even is their actions weren’t as rash, you can’t debate that some of presidents, before they became president, has done some bad things. Everyone makes mistakes but Roosevelt redeemed himself with the actions he took as president.

Memorial: Conclusion

No matter how you look at it, Theodore Roosevelt did so many great things for this country. Between the peace he made between Japan and Russia and all the nature preserves he made and improved, it’s obvious that he’s a hero. Even if the things he did before his presidency were wrong, there’s no doubt that he redeemed himself in more ways than one. Every mistake he made he eventually fixed and made up for with his presidency, there’s a reason he was and still is one of the most memorable presidents. That reason isn’t that he was manly or the fact that he had a glorious mustache, it was because he was an amazing president who did amazing things.

Milkis, Sidney, and University of Virginia. “Theodore Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency.” Miller Center, 24 July 2017, millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/life-before-the-presidency.

“Theodore Roosevelt.” The White House, The United States Government, www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/.

“Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905).” Our Documents - Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905), www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=56.

“The Treaty of Portsmouth.” TR Center - The Treaty of Portsmouth, www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Foreign%20Affairs/The%20Treaty%20of%20Portsmouth.

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Theodore Roosevelt: Hero or Villain?