Teddy Roosevelt's Time Out West
Theodore Roosevelt’s time out west affected his life. If he had not gone out west he might have never became president. He went out west after his mother and wife died on the same day. He went out to North Dakota to start over and become a rancher. When he was a child, he had asthma so he was often isolated. This made it important for him to be accepted socially. He tried to ma . . .
He liked how people out west helped each other and did not ask for favors. While he was president, he set up 125 million acres of land as national parks, and made the first Federal Bird Reserve. He liked how the men and women worked equally. When he was a child, he also spent a lot of time drawing animals and was very interested in nature. Some of his ideas about nature and conservation were formed from his experiences in the west as well as from his childhood. Going west strengthened his body, character, and soul. He learned new things about people and nature, which made him a great president. He resumed his political career; soon he became Police Commissioner of New York City, then vice president and then president. He went back east in 1886 when his cattle were killed by a blizzard. If Theodore Roosevelt had not gone out west our government would not be how if is now. He learned how people outside of the North East thought.
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