T. Roosevelt, a legacy

The turn of the century has always been a big deal for modern

civilizations. One hundred years of life is quite large compared with the

average 70 or so given to most. Because of that, people tend to look in

trends of decades, rather than centuries or millennia. When it does come

time for a new century, when that second digit rotates, as it does so

seldom, people tend to look for change. Events tend to fall before or after

the century, not on top of it, and United States history, particularly, has

had a tendency for sudden change at the century marks. Columbus' accidental

discovery of the West Indies in 1492 brought on the exploration age in the

1500s. Jamestown colony, founded in 1607, was England's first foothold on

the New World. A massive population surge, brought on in part by the import

of fricans, marks entry into the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson's

presidency, beginning in 1800, changed the face of American politics. 1900

was a ripe year for change, but needed someone to help the change arrives.

That someone was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt's political presence altered

the course of the United States, transforming it into a superpower fully

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A unique aspect of Roosevelt's

presidency was his foreign policy.

As the first president with progressive views, Roosevelt enacted

the first regulatory laws and prosecuted big businesses who had been

violating them and others for years. It is hard drudgery to make one's body, but I know you

will do it (Miller 46). He was

even known to take in invalid kittens, placing them in his coat-pockets

(Morris 34). McKinley's stare typifies his

character: "His stare was intimidating in its blackness and steadiness . Long, but was

convinced through some slightly shady political maneuvering to vote for

Roosevelt against his own better judgment (Morris 727).

Reconstruction was a dirty game, and nobody liked it. Roosevelt's expansionist views

were here seen. Hanna chose his own candidate, John D. Theodore

Roosevelt, Senior, was always a strong individual in body and soul. He also instituted the Interstate Commerce

Act, which, with the Hepburn Act, allowed government regulation of

transportation systems, preventing the railroad monopolies from instituting

unfairly high prices (Barck 52).

Later robber barons, such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, and, of course, J. When

McKinley's first vice-president, Hobart, died, Roosevelt found himself in

the capacity of Governor of New York.

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