Roosevelt Essays

Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884 from a family of lineage, wealth, and uncommon sadness. The first child of Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt, young Eleanor encountered dissatisfaction early in life. Her father, grief the death of his mother and fighting continuous ill health, turned to alcohol for …

“…the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic- the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt Association, 2008)             Such …

Could whites and Indians have lived peaceably in the trans-Mississippi West? I do not think that the whites and Indians could have lived peacefully in the trans-Mississippi West. I believe this is because of the ways the Indians were living and hunting. Also with how the whites were not concerned …

Assignment A: Question 1 Did Roosevelt’s upbringing, background and character make it easy for him to understand the concerns and fears of ordinary Americans? Explain your answer. To understand if Roosevelt knew and understood the problems fears and concerns we have to take a look at him and his upbringing. …

I think that the Roosevelt Corollary altered the nature of the Monroe Doctrine and the intentions of its authors, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. The Monroe Doctrine was a statement against Imperialism stating that no one could colonize any longer; the Roosevelt Corollary was a declaration of (American) Imperialism. …

1. Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan (http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/letter.html) ? What did he recommend with regard to the U.S. military? He was a leading expansionist who believed that America’s survival depended on a strong Navy. He wrote that it was time for America to “turn their eyes outward, instead of inward only, …

When judging potency of political opposition, one has to consider both direct and indirect variables; the size of its following, the possibility in reality of the opposition working, and both its direct force and its indirect influences. All of these come into play in opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New …

In 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt had become president, the United States had been at its lowest point of the Depression. Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed, half of the citizens who had home mortgages had failed to pay back their loans, Americans had lost nearly $2.5 billion in …

The problem lies at the very infrastructure of our country, the basement. This is the point that Bob Herbert is trying to argue in his article, “A Fire in The Basement”. He talks about the many injustices that happen in America that often go ignored or excused. This piece was …

Once, long ago, this valley was abundant with fertile soil. Farmers and their families settled here and for a time, all was perfect. However the sheer amount of farmers planting crops depleted the soil of its minerals. The river basin often flooded and demolished what remained of the farmers’ homes. …