Ap Theodore Rosevelt Outline And Evaluation
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Out line:
I. Theodore Roosevelt (republican)
A. Birth: October 27, 1858 at New York, New York
B. Died: January 6, 1919 at Oyster Bay, New York
II. Background
A. Education-
Attended Harvard and he graduated 21st of 177. He studied in the fields of sciences, German, rhetoric, philosophy, and ancient languages. (1876-1880)
Attended Columbia Law School, but he dropped out to run for the state assembly. (1880-1881)
B. Occupation-
Elected into the New York State Assembly as a Republican, and during his time in the Assembly, his consistent struggle against machine politics earned him the nickname of "the cyclone assemblyman." (1881-1884)
Wrote the biography of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and The Winning of the West (1884-1889)
Appointed to the U.S. Civil Service Commission by President Benjamin Harrison. During which time, he vigorously pressed for the strict enforcement of the civil service laws. (1889-1895)
President of the New York City Police Board. He used his time there to root out corruption in the Police Department, which he described as "utterly demoralized." (1895-1897)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, during which time he stood as a principle advocate of expansionism. He initiated the invasion of Cuba without the Secretary's approval, and with it the Spanish-American war. (1897-1898)
First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as the "Rough Riders", during the Spanish American War, rising from lieutenant colonel to colonel. (May to September 1898)
Governor of New York . During his term, which was abbreviated when he took the office of vice-president, he obtained laws that further removed civil service from politics, that limited the number of hours that women and children could work, that curbed sweatshop abuses, and that put a state tax on corporations. (1898-1900)
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