What Are Theodore Roosevelt's Achievements

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing“ (Theodore Roosevelt). Theodore Roosevelt was a man who truly deserved everything he received. He truly had improved this country, and the entire world could have benefitted from his achievements at some point or another. Theodore had to create many wildlife and plantlife reserves to keep them from being destroyed by foresting corporations and hunters, as well as innovating and persevering through difficulties to achieve his goals, and illuminatd so very many people with his beautifully wise words about the terrible problems that plagued the world. Theodore Roosevelt had to reserve many forests, to preserve them for usage by “our people unborn” (Gale, 2009). The Forest Preservation Act, the act that allows the current president to reserve forests, was passed in 1891, well before Theodore was elected. The Presidents before him had collectively used this power to reserve about 50 million acres of forested area, but Theodore alone reserved about 150 million more acres of forested areas. 16 million of these 150 million acres were reserved late one night, because Theodore …show more content…
Early in his presidency, Theodore wanted to convert the western portion of America from an arid landscape into irrigated farmland. However, “He realized...that the scale of such projects prohibited private enterprise from undertaking the task” (Gale, 2009). But, he didn’t give up. He used the habit of mind, Persisting, to achieve his goals. He met with all of the congressmen of the western states and together, they passed the Reclamation Act of 1902. 16 reclamation projects began soon afterwards, and today, some of these projects are considered “mixed blessing[s]” (Gale, 2009). Theodore Persisted to achieve the goal that had seemed difficult at first, but just needed some reasoning to