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C O U R S E
The Rooseveltian Century
Giles Scott-Smith, Universiteit Leiden
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Theodore Roosevelt Notes taken on February 5, 2016 by Edward Tanguay |
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the Roosevelts can trace their family roots to Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt
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emigrated with his family from the Dutch province of Zeeland
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arrived in New Amsterdam between 1638 and 1649
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1652 bought a farm
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had two grandsons
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Johannes (Oyster Bay Roosevelts)
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Theodore
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Eleanor
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Jacobus (Hyde Park Roosevelts)
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Franklin
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1905 Eleanor and Franklin got married and linked the family back together
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Theodore
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born October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan
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age of 18, entered Harvard
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scholarship
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sports
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worked on "The Naval War of 1812"
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the first of his over 30 books
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devoted father of six children
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lost his mother and wife on the same day
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retreated to recuperate in the Bad Lands of North Dakota
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decided to go back to New York to build a career in public office
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three terms as a Republican in the New York State Assembly
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Civil Service Commissioner of New York City
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Police Commissioner of New York City
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1897 Assistant Secretary of the Navy under McKinley
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major turning point
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during Spanish-American War of 1898
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led Rough Riders to battle front in Cuba
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became a popular national hero
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elected governor of New York State
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nominated as Vice President
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1901 after McKinley's assassination, became president
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set his own course
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perhaps the most active and outspoken president in U.S. history
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reformist agenda
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government intervention could help U.S. capitalism overcome many of its structural problems
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"Great corporations exist only because they are created and safe-guarded by our institutions, and it is therefore our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions."
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nationalist and American exceptionalist
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claimed a new prominent role for the United States in foreign affairs
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1906 won the Nobel Prize
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for his successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War
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1909 succeeded in office by William Howard Taft
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1912 ran again as the leader of the Progressive Party
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survived assassination attempt
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fixed image as Bull Moose
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received the largest third party vote in American history
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democrat Woodrow Wilson won
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disappointed, Roosevelt left for the Rio Teodoro and traveled it with his son Kermit
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1914 Great War started
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Roosevelt argued fiercely for American intervention
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lived to see the U.S. enter and win the war
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1918 son Quentin shot down as pilot in France
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1919 died January 6th