us history: president roosevelt?
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The U.S. had two Roosevelts as president. Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy included building a strong navy. By 1907, the U.S. had the world's third largest naval fleet, thanks to his Great White Fleet which circumnavigated the globe in order to demonstrate U.S. military power and navy capability. He also initiated construction on  the Panama Canal, which helped expedite world commerce. One of his failed attempts at activism was inviting Booker T. Washington to be the first African American to dine in the White House. Reaction from whites was so negative, Roosevelt never again attempted it. Roosevelt did, however, earn a Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese War. He also settled a dispute between France and Germany over the division of Morocco.\n\nAs for Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy, his Good Neighbor Policy helped withdraw troops from Haiti and ended Cuba and Panama's statuses as U.S. protectorates. The Montevideo Convention renounced the right to intervene unilaterally in the affairs of Latin American countries. FDR's foreign policy for his second term included the Neutrality Act in 1935, an act defined as applying a mandatory ban on the shipment of arms from the U.S. to any combatant nation in World War II; Roosevelt initially rejected it, but signed it amidst huge public support. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 allowed the U.S. to "lend" huge amounts of military equipment in return for "leases" on British naval bases in the Western Hemisphere. His third term was dominated by World War II; he developed the Atlantic Charter along with Winston Churchill in August 1941, which was a negotiation between Allied Powers. He also signed the declaration of war against Japan in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor.\n\nI hope some of this helps.
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FDR - only choosing one reason it would be how innovative he was. i think that encompasses pretty much everything he did from the brain trust to d-day.
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WILSON SEE http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
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ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL \n\nIn 1933 the new president, Franklin Roosevelt, brought an air of confidence and optimism that quickly rallied the people to the banner of his program, known as the New Deal. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," the president declared in his inaugural address to the nation. \n\nIn a certain sense, it is fair to say that the New Deal merely introduced types of social and economic reform familiar to many Europeans for more than a generation. Moreover, the New Deal represented the culmination of a long-range trend toward abandonment of "laissez-faire" capitalism, going back to the regulation of the railroads in the 1880s, and the flood of state and national reform legislation introduced in the Progressive era of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. \n\nWhat was truly novel about the New Deal, however, was the speed with which it accomplished what previously had taken generations. In fact, many of the reforms were hastily drawn and weakly administered; some actually contradicted others. And during the entire New Deal era, public criticism and debate were never interrupted or suspended; in fact, the New Deal brought to the individual citizen a sharp revival of interest in government. \n\nWhen Roosevelt took the presidential oath, the banking and credit system of the nation was in a state of paralysis. With astonishing rapidity the nation's banks were first closed -- and then reopened only if they were solvent. The administration adopted a policy of moderate currency inflation to start an upward movement in commodity prices and to afford some relief to debtors. New governmental agencies brought generous credit facilities to industry and agriculture. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured savings-bank deposits up to $5,000, and severe regulations were imposed upon the sale of securities on the stock exchange.
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Straight from the White House!: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/\n\nINCLUDING Biographies\n\n<<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>
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Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest President of the U.S.  He led the country through the last of our expansionist period when he supported Panama's freedom from Columbia and cleared the way for the Panama Canal.  During his Presidency he had the American Fleet Painted White and Sailed them around the world to show the world that we were a superpower.  As an avid outdoors man he visited Africa on Safari, he was instrumental in forming the National Parks System declaring millions of acres as American Heritage Lands.  He was Instrumental in many anti-trust suits and busted up many major monopolies.  He handpicked Howard Taft to be his successor in 1908, however in 1912 he tried to get the Republican Nomination from Taft, when he lost he formed the Bull Moose Party and ran as a third ticket.  Taft finished last in the election, however Roosevelt did not win and opened the door for Woodrow Wilson of the democratic party.  Wilson served 2 terms and was President for the First World War.
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From what I remember from American history, though perhaps my memory fails, he was a very expansionistic president and he would send U.S. troops to places they shouldn't really have been. Perhaps he was the first president to give the impression of the U.S. as a sort of "bully" in this aspect, and even to day the U.S. has problems sending their troops where they don't belong. Overall though, he was one of America's finest presidents I beleive. Hey, nobody's perfect.\n\nYes, I did a quick check and that's right. He called it "New Imperialism."
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She was the first lady from 1932-1945 and married to Franklin Roosevelt.  She was a huge advocate for women's rights and an unofficial ambassasdor for the US even after her husband died.  A very strong lady who did many great things for the country.
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Our 26th president Teddy Roosevelt.
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Forget this political name calling, let just look at the facts:\n\nAccomplishments As President:\n\n* Attacked and took over two countries. \n* Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury. \n* Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history. \n* Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. \n* Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. \n* First president in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record. \n* First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history. \n* After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history. \n* Set the record for most campaign fundraising trips than any other president in U.S. history. \n* In first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. \n* Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in U.S. history. \n* Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. \n* Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in U.S. history. \n* Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in U.S. history. \n* Presided over the biggest energy crises in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. \n* Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans. \n* Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. \n* Dissolved more international treaties than any president in U.S. history. \n* His presidency is the most secretive and unaccountable of any in U.S. history. \n* Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history (the 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleezza Rice, has an Exxon oil tanker named after her). \n* Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world. \n* First president in U.S. history to order a U.S. attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation. \n* Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. \n* First president in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the human rights commission. \n* First president in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the elections monitoring board.  \n* Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in U.S. history. \n* Withdrew from the World Court of Law. \n* Refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. \n* First president in U.S. history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections). \n* All-time U.S. (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. \n* Largest lifetime campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). \n* Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 9/11, and in less than a year made the U.S. the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in U.S. and world history). \n* Reversed previous diplomatic gains and created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years. \n* Fist U.S. president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view the US as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. \n* Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. \n* Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated U.S. law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts. \n* Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other
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As he is most noted as a JFK confidant,who spoke at his Inauguration.  Maybe I should say recited some poetry at that function.  He wrote poetry about the workers during the depression building lines for the telephone and telegraph so I associate him with FDR's New Deal.  I would place him as a Liberal.
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Hello \n\nRough Riders.  Theodore Roosevelt was on at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.\n\nNo\n\nMy response is dedicated to the memory of the late Stuart Albert Gerlisky and a friend of the Waller Family that served to defend the US Constitution.\n\n\nThis guy had a similar rating to yours.\nFredrick Ray Caines,Sr\nOregon City High School\nClass of 1960\nUSS Yorktown CVS-10\nRating: Aviation Machinist Mate - Jets\nHome port: Long Beach California\n\nMiguel Aguilar,Sr\nSan Fernando High School\nLes Mystiques ~ Class of 1982\nN.J.R.O.T.C.,Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps\nCommandant Fall of 1981-Spring 1982\nUSS Reid FFG-30\nRating: Boatswain Mate\nHome port: Long Beach California\n\nLuis Aguilar\nSan Fernando High School\nLes Prestigians ~ Class of 1983\nN.J.R.O.T.C.,Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps\nCommandant Fall of 1982-Spring 1983\nUSS Prairie\nRating: Hull Technician\nHome port: Long Beach California\n\n\nThe same class of ship as yours,a class of the USS Nimitz CVN-68 flattop\nGeorge Osvaldo Serrano\nChatsworth High Senior High School\nClass of 1992.\nUSS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72\nRating: Mess Management Specialist\nHome port: Long Beach California\n\nRead about other veterans \n@
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Most definitely. As the leader of the United States during arguably the most difficult time of our history, he pushed Congress to pass emergency bills and reform measures that helped improve the economic situation in the eyes of the public. Though many historians say the beginning of World War II ended the Depression, I think that if it weren't for FDR's leadership, American morale would have fell too far to possibly recover economically.
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An assassin shoots Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee. A thick coat and documents he was carrying save his life\n\nEdgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes.\n\nChina becomes a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor\n\nFirst ever parachute jump from an airplane\n\nThe size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order.\n\nThe first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) \n\nWoodrow Wilson is elected U.S. President, beating challenger Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent William Howard Taft.
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Do you mean "Who was the first president of the USA to watch a movie in the White House?"
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1.  Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression by creating new federal agencies and making new jobs for people\n\n2  One of those things was creation of the Social Security system, so that old people could retire and leave jobs that could be taken by younger people\n\nBonus:\n\n3.  Roosevelt led the nation during the Second World War.\n\nNow, do you homework!
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Theodore Roosevelt Was A Very Intelligent Man\n\nHe Didnt Get To Be President Because He Looked Good \n\nHis Words Stand In US History Because Theyve Inspired A Nation Of Citizens Through GENERATIONS\n\nUntil THIS Generation That Is\nI Guess Because THIS Generation Is NOT Fully Comprised Of\nUS Citizens-It Is In Part Made Up Of A People With \n\nNO LOYALTY To Our Nation\n\nTheir ALLEGIENCE Is To A Foreign Nation\nAnd A FOREIGN Economy\n\nAnd An Idea Of OVERPOWERING Our Nation\nWhich Is NOT Being An American Citizen\nInstead Of ASSIMILATING\n(becoming in every facet an American)\nThey DEMAND!!! That We Accept Large Colonies\nOf NON-AMERICAN CITIZENS Amongst Us\nAt The TAXPAYERS EXPENSE \n\nThey DEMAND Citizenship To This Nation Based Upon A \nFALSE LOYALTY And NO INTENTION Of HONORING The VOW That They Expect To Take If They Actually Get \nSWORN TO CITIZENSHIP\n\nThe Will Recite The Pledge To Our Flag \nWith NO IDEA What The Words Actually Mean\nAnd Not Care For ONE SECOND Because It'll Get Em A Foot In The Door And A Free Ride From Our Citizens\n\nThe Truth Is In The Answers You See RIGHT IN THIS FORUM\nLike PANCHA ^ (PROPAGANDA) \n\nI Think Mr. Roosevelt KNEW \nExactly What He Was Talking About