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This paper examines Theodore Roosevelt, how he overcame his childhood asthma through sheer determination and his experience with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Also included is Roosevelt and his cavalry's charge on San Juan Hill. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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arena of domestic policy and a romantic in the area of foreign affairs. Under his watch, the National Parks System came into being, as well as the concept of "manifest
destiny." He was a man who inspired a new type of cuddly toy (the Teddy Bear), and his progressive ideas helped reform the food and drug industries, as well as
anti-trust issues. Forced to step in as president when President William McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt nonetheless managed to leave a strong legacy on the office of the presidency.
While his presidency was certainly something to write about, Roosevelts youth and his involvement with the Rough Riders was also an important part of
his history. Roosevelt was able to strong-arm many of his ideas through Congress, basically because hed had plenty of experience in fighting a variety of battles both as a child
and a young man. Roosevelt was born in 1858 in New York City (Roosevelt, Theodore, 1991); and, as such, was the
first president to ever come from a so-called "urban" area. He was the seventh generation of Roosevelts to be born on Manhattan Island, as his ancestors had come to the
area in 1649 (The Archives: Theodore Roosevelt, 2002). His mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, was a Georgia native who supported the Confederate cause during the Civil War, while young Teddy backed
his staunchly union father (The Archives: Theodore Roosevelt, 2002). He was, in fact, heard to pray one evening that God would "grind the southern troops to powder" (The Archives: Theodore
Roosevelt, 2002). There was more to young Teddys childhood, however, than a wish to see the Union win the war. He was
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