Theodore Roosevelt's Contribution To The United States

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In Unit 1, the section that most attracted me was Theodore Roosevelt. He was a great influence to the United States in many ways he helped it to grow little by little. Theodore Roosevelt was a president that did so many things in the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was born in October 27, 1858 in New York into a wealthy family, his father was a wealthy New York banker and his mother of a Georgia planter. When Roosevelt was eighteen he entered and attended Harvard College four years. He graduated with honors in Harvard, wrote 23 books and the world’s authority on North American wildlife. He was the leader of the Rough Riders, prizefighting championship finalist, a socialite, police commissioner, governor, and Vice-President. After leaving