Theodore Roosevelt Outline

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President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York on October 27, 1858, he died on January 6, 1919 in Cove Neck , New York. Theodore Roosevelt was a really great president. He won a Nobel Prize, he was also known for the square deal and last but not least the bull moose party.

Theodore Roosevelt childhood, Theodore Roosevelt childhood was really good but his health was not at all the best. Theodore Roosevelt was home schooled he has a private teacher because he did not have the energy to attend school. The reason he didn't have the energy to attend school was that he had really bad asthma. Some nights his dad would stay up at night making sure he was still breathing at night while he was …show more content…

Him and Alice had a baby girl named after her mom, Unfortunately Alice Hathaway died 4 years later from kidney failure leaving Theodore and his baby girl Alice. Then two years later Theodore remarried to first lady Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Him and Edith had five children together. They had four boys, Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt. They also had one daughter name Ethel Derby …show more content…

Mckinley was assassinated a year after . Which then Theodore Roosevelt was next in line to become president. During Theodore Roosevelt's presidency he was very involved in the construction and the funding of the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was a man made river between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. But before they could start the canal there was a problem with Yellow Fever and Maleria so they had to spray to make all the bugs and yellow fever disappear.Then they began digging and made the first man made river. The reasoning for them doing this is so they didn't have to travel all the way around and they now had a easy way from Pacific to Atlantic Oceans. Theodore Roosevelt also negotiated a peace treaty between Russia and Japan. The Japanese were the one to ask Roosevelt if they would help them make a peace treaty between them and Russia. Roosevelt was worried if he did not go through with helping with th peace treaty and then Russia won that they would shut off U.S trade with Manchuria. Then if Japan won he was worried it would threaten their free trade in Asia. In return of the negotiation Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace

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