So+Ho+C.+-+I+am+Theodore+Roosevelt



My person for the "I am..." project is Theodore Roosevelt-the 26th president of United States of America. There are quite a few things I knew about Theodore Roosevelt prior to my research. First, I knew that Roosevelt was known for his anti-trust policies against big companies that monopolized the market which was related to his Square Deal. The late 1800s and the 1900s are notorious for Rockafeller and Carnegie for their domination of the oil and metal market. But I heard that Roosevelt had a strong mind and conviction to oppose and prevent monopolizing. Also as everyone probably know, I knew that Roosevelt pushed and continued on with the Panama canal project. I also heard that the name 'Teddy Bear' came from Roosevelt. The whole story starts due to his interest about nature, which he enjoyed hunting. When he went hunting for a bear, he saw a bear feeding it's child which eventually made Roosevelt emotionally touched and quit the hunting event. The next day, the whole news spread over and a toy shop named it's doll bear product 'Teddy Bear' which started the phrase. This is also what I like about history because there are minor but hearty events that happened. So I could say that I at least had a vague idea about who Theodore Roosevelt was before I came to a real research. As I went in depth in researching about this person, I had many questions about his life and way of thinking. I was baffled with the fact that he moved to a republican from a democrat. I wondered how sports (boxing in his case) influenced him: did it have a positive or negative effect in becoming the champion in college? Did marrying twice effect his reputation and career (was it acceptable at that time)? Last but not least, how did he solve conflicts with his political opponents that seemed to be impregnable? What were the major clashes mainly about?

My primary historical question is...


 * How did Theodore Roosevelt get through with the Square Deal while the 14th amendment of the modified constitution opposed the whole idea?**

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 * Timeline**

Primary Sources

Document
 * [|Roosevelt Nobel Prize]

Quotes
 * [|Quotes of Roosevelt]

Audio
 * [|Voice]
 * [|Sound Recordings]
 * [|Letters and Speeches]