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of the Philippines. In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Taft Secretary of War in an effort to groom Taft, then his close political ally, into his handpicked presidential successor. Taft assumed a prominent role in problem solving, assuming on some occasions the role of acting Secretary of State, while declining repeated offers from Roosevelt to serve on the Supreme Court. Riding a wave of popular support for fellow Republican Roosevelt, Taft won an easy victory in his 1908 bid for…

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in New York. As a young boy he was interested in natural history and sports. After attending Harvard University he got elected to the New York State Assembly, where he served two terms. He unexpectedly became the 26th president of the US after the assassination of William McKinley. Through many hardships and losses, Theodore Roosevelt still managed to turn the United States in the correct direction by helping them push through the…

postwar world. After years of isolation, when the US entered WW2, Roosevelt recognized that traditional world powers like Great Britain and France would no longer be strong enough to police the world. Realizing that it would be America’s responsibility to combat forces opposed to democracy, he began to make plans in a series of conferences with allied leaders, even as the war raged on. At the Atlantic Conference, Churchill and Roosevelt issued a joint declaration of self determination,…

Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were both phenomenal presidents in American history. “Teddy” Roosevelt was our 26th president and had many accomplishments within our country with the “Square Deal.” Roosevelt helped Americans with regulating railroad rates, and resolving the Anthracite Coal Strike in 1902. Woodrow Wilson was our 28th president who defeated TR in the election of 1812. Like TR, he also had many accomplishments with the “New Freedom” deal. Wilson lowered the protective tariff…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd American president who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Throughout his time, he had polio in 1921 which put him in a wheelchair most of his adult life. Roosevelt was born on January 30,1882, in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt was the only child and was educated only about government until 14. He went to Gorton School for Boys and graduated in 1900. During World War II, FDR was a commander in chief who helped develop a…

Calvin Coolidge rose to fulfill the office of presidency after the sudden and unexpected death of President Harding. Coolidge was recognized quickly as a people’s man, highly educated, making him relatable and reliable to the upper class; but also coming from a background of agriculture connecting him to the lower class citizens. Coolidge’s time in office is acknowledged as one of transition. An age of advancing modernization in the gap of the “roaring twenties” and the encroaching hardship of…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, and is one of the most famous. His most well-known acts of leadership are saving America from the Great Depression, and helping the Allies win World War II. Roosevelt and Alexius Comnenus have a lot in common, starting from their early life. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on the 30th of January, 1882, in New York. Similar to Alexius, he was born to be a leader. His parents were wealthy, and he was privately tutored and sent…

Franklin D. Roosevelt also was known as FDR was as the best president getting America out of the Great Depression. Also, the only president to have four terms being the 32nd president. He Was left permanently paralyzed from the waist down. He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis at the time, but his symptoms are more consistent with Guillain–Barré syndrome. When Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, it wasn’t his first appearance on a presidential ticket. In 1920, he ran for vice president on the…

Roosevelt. The situation during his presidency was somewhat different, though. This was not a time of economic growth for anyone in the United States. This was a time of unprecedented economic depression. When Roosevelt was elected in 1932, one out of every four Americans was unemployed (Tindall and Shi, p. 1100). He was burdened with the responsibility of…

“recognized that he bore some responsibility for the severe economic downturn,” (“Calvin Coolidge”) Hoover was the president during the downfall and was blamed for the economic hardship. The country then turn to Franklin Roosevelt for relief to the Great Depression. President Roosevelt was remembered for making the Great Depression easier to bear by creating a series of New Deal. Although he was…