Theodore Roosevelt
As a child Theodore Roosevelt was very sick. He was homeschooled because of his illness and asthma. Being homeschooled allowed him to study animals. By the time he was a teenager he started getting into weightlifting and boxing something his father encouraged him to do. Theodore Roosevelt went to Harvard College and while he was studying there his father died. He graduated college and went to Columbia law school and got married to Alice Lee Hathaway. He wasn’t at law school for very long because he decided to join the New York state assembly. But after his wife and mother's death which was on the same day in the same house. He decided to move to Dakota Territory to get over his loss. There he became a cowboy and cattle …show more content…
While he was president he wanted the United States to become active in world politics and he did that. One of his favorite proverbs was "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . .” He wanted to make a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean so he started the idea of the Panama Canal. This saved us time and money when shipping things to other place and receiving thing. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war between Russia and Japan. Also since he loved to study animals and the outdoors it’s no surprise that he helped the national forests, reserved lands for public use, and started and helped irrigation project. Roosevelt lead endlessly on all different matters big and small. He left presidency in 1909 and went on an African safari. Came back and went right back to politics. He ran for president again in 1912 on a progressive ticket. While campaigning in Milwaukee Roosevelt was shot in the chest by a fanatic. He recovered quickly but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death on January 6,1919 when he got a blood clot in his heart. "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every
As a child Theodore Roosevelt was very sick. He was homeschooled because of his illness and asthma. Being homeschooled allowed him to study animals. By the time he was a teenager he started getting into weightlifting and boxing something his father encouraged him to do. Theodore Roosevelt went to Harvard College and while he was studying there his father died. He graduated college and went to Columbia law school and got married to Alice Lee Hathaway. He wasn’t at law school for very long because he decided to join the New York state assembly. But after his wife and mother's death which was on the same day in the same house. He decided to move to Dakota Territory to get over his loss. There he became a cowboy and cattle …show more content…
While he was president he wanted the United States to become active in world politics and he did that. One of his favorite proverbs was "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . .” He wanted to make a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean so he started the idea of the Panama Canal. This saved us time and money when shipping things to other place and receiving thing. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war between Russia and Japan. Also since he loved to study animals and the outdoors it’s no surprise that he helped the national forests, reserved lands for public use, and started and helped irrigation project. Roosevelt lead endlessly on all different matters big and small. He left presidency in 1909 and went on an African safari. Came back and went right back to politics. He ran for president again in 1912 on a progressive ticket. While campaigning in Milwaukee Roosevelt was shot in the chest by a fanatic. He recovered quickly but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death on January 6,1919 when he got a blood clot in his heart. "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every