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| What was Teddy Roosevelt's childhood like? |
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-Born in 1858 in NY to a wealthy family
-Illness in childhood -> teased and pampered
-Father-> maternal, moral,charitable; source of inspiration
-Civil War divided family and left mark on him.
-Went to Harvard;met, fell in love and married Alice Hathaway Lee
-Father died while in college. |
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-Began law school and hated it
-Turned to politics..
-age 23, elected NY assemblyman (R)
-Very atypical of the wealthy! |
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2/14/1884 - TR gets telegram in Albany
-Second telegram comes; more ominous
-Brother greets him- "Your wife is dying and mother is too"
-Die within hours of one another;mom was 48, wife 22
-TR is crushed "The light has gone out of my life"
-Leaves baby with sister for 2 years and goes west;learned invaluable lessons. |
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| -1886 TR returns home and marries childhood sweetheart,Edith Carrow;Baby Alice comes to live with them |
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-Police Commissioner of NYC
-Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy
-Resigned to become 2nd in command of Rough Riders
-Won governor of NY |
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| Unorthodox Path to Presidency |
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-Poor relationship with his party
-How to get him out? Make him VP
- Mark Hanna, Republican National Chairman, alone voiced concern: “Don’t any of you realize that there’s only one life between this madman and the White House?”
-Prophetic- McKinley assassinated while TR is on vacation.Becomes youngest president at age 42. |
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| TR's Foreign Achievements: |
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-Panama Canal
-Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
-Mediating the Russo-Japanese War
-The sailing of the Great White Fleet |
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