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Theodore Roosevelt's Accomplishments

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Theodore Roosevelt was an important and effective president in the United States because he was one of the best prepared president entering the white house with broad understanding of the legislative processes and executive leadership experience.. Theodore Roosevelt was born in October 27, 1858, into a wealthy family in New York City. Upon graduating from Harvard College, he entered Columbia university law school, but dropped out only to enter public service. He was elected in the New York State assemble at the age of 23 and served for two terms. Losing his wife Alice lee and his mother on the same day in 1884, he spent the next two years grieving in badlands of Dakota Territory working as a frontier sheriff. In 1886, Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, Roosevelt left his government job and led the rough riders in a brave, costly uphill charge in the battle of San Juan, in Cuba. He returned home as one of the brave war heroes and was nominated for the Medal of Honor and was elected as the governor on New York in 1898. On september6, 1901, when an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley, at Pan-American exposition in buffalo, New York, Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th …show more content…

Roosevelt also got the legislative approval for stricter laws on food and drug. His “square deal” program focused on helping the average American’s when most of the nation’s wealth was controlled by the wealthy one percent of the population. Roosevelt acted decisively and boldly when it comes to foreign affairs too. He negotiated an end to Russo-Japanese war of 1905 and became the first president to be awarded with a Nobel

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