FREE ESSAY ON U.S. HISTORY SPANISH-AMERINCAN WAR

U.S. HISTORY SPANISH-AMERINCAN WAR

U.S. History Spanish-Amerincan War With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore
Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's
history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led
Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong
foreign policy. He took the view that the President as a steward of the people should
take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by
law or the Constitution. I did not usurp power, he wrote, but I did greatly broaden the
use of executive power. Teddy's years as a child were not all gasping for
breath. Teddy was a very curious child. He loved to go outside into the woods and watch
and study birds and the surrounding wildlife. He liked to record data about the
animals, and enjoyed experimenting. When he grew up, he wrote books about nature, and
went on trips to the mountains of New York often. Teddy and his father
believed Teddy could overcome his sickness. Mr. Roosevelt set up a gym in the Roosevelt's
house. Teddy worked out more and more, and after a while began to get
stronger. But none of this happened overnight. When Teddy went to Harvard for college, he
and a friend published a book called Summer Birds of The Adirondacks.
During college, Teddy also was deeply saddened when his father died on February 9, 1877.
On October 27, 1880, Theodore Roosevelt walked down the aisle. He got
married to Alice Lee. Theodore also went to Columbia University Law School. He also wrote
a book called The Naval War of 1812. He went to balls and opera's.
And was a very busy man. In 1883, Theodore went West for a year. When came back from the
trip, a new baby girl was born. Unfortunately, soon after the baby was
born, on February 14, in the early morning, Teddy's beloved mother died. If that were not
enough, Alice died of Kidney Disease that afternoon. Teddy, still grieving from
the loss of Alice and his mother, went to the Dakota Territories for several years. He
later said that he wouldn't have been the same if it wasn't for the years he spent in
the Dakota Territories. When he got back from the Dakota's he married Edith Carow. In the
Spanish-American war in 1898, Theodore was the commander of a
cavalry known as The Rough Riders. His work there helped him become elected as the
Governor of New York the same year. During the Spanish-American War,
Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at
the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the
war. Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York
State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898.
Roosevelt won and served with distinction. As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that
the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in
the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and
dispensing favors to none. Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a trust buster by
forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust
suits under the Sherman Act followed. Roosevelt steered the United States more
actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, Speak softly and
carry a big stick. . . .  Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the
Atlantic
and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the
Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United
States. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, he
also reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and he sent the Great
White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world. Some of Theodore Roosevelt's
most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national
forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation
projects. He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his
high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. The life of strenuous endeavor
was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led
ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. Leaving the
Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics.
In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once
remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party. While
campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon
recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death
in 1919: No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every
way. Vocab. List: Monroe Doctrine: a U.S. foreign policy that opposes European
intervention in the political affairs of the Western hemisphere. It was first laid down
by
President James Monroe in 1823, who stated that the American continents, by the free and
independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are
henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European
powers. . . . We should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to
any part of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. In return, the U.S
agreed not to interfere in the internal affairs of Europe. The Monroe Doctrine was
at the center of debate regarding U.S. involvement in World War I and World War II, and
was also invoked during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, when the Soviet
Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba-a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. However,
analysts claim that the Monroe Doctrine is now declining in importance.
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