Theodore Roosevelt, known as Roosevelt Sr., nicknamed Teddy, was born in 1858 in a wealthy merchant's house in New York.
From an early age, he received only a few months of schooling at a young age, most of which was done by tutors. But under the influence of his father, he developed a studious, upright, adventurous and challenging character.
Before the age of 14, he had already traveled to Europe twice, and at the age of 15 he began to prepare for Harvard University, and at the age of 18 he successfully entered. At Harvard University he became interested in naval issues and gradually developed his own life creed:
"Calm first, courage second"
At the age of 22, he entered Columbia Law School, but because the following year he was given the opportunity to enter the New York House of Commons, he dropped out of law school and entered politics. At the age of 37, he became the new York City police chief, where he put a strong political stance on police corruption.
In 1897 (three years after China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War), at the age of 39 he was appointed deputy secretary of the Navy by President McKinley. Because the Secretary of the Navy had long ignored political affairs, McKinley was not interested in the Navy, and the elder Roosevelt was able to monopolize power. As soon as he took office, he embarked on naval reform and committed to naval modernization, a move that prepared him for the subsequent Spanish-American War.
In 1898, the U.S. Navy warship USS Maine exploded in the port of Havana for unknown reasons, and the Spanish-American War broke out. The 40-year-old Roosevelt resigned from the Admiralty and personally led a cavalry regiment to fight heroically in the front. In the end, the Spanish-American War, which lasted only three months, ended in a complete defeat for Spain, and the elder Roosevelt became a combat hero.
USS Maine
Roosevelt the elder won the gubernatorial campaign, and at the age of 42 he entered the White House as a vice presidential candidate.
On September 6, 1901, President McKinley was assassinated by anarchists and died, and then Vice President Roosevelt Sr. took the throne, becoming the youngest president in American history.
Before the second half of the 19th century, the U.S. economy developed rapidly, and the United States began to surpass the United Kingdom to become the world's largest economic power. While the monopoly economy has brought prosperity to the United States, it has also brought serious two-dimensional divisions and evils. The formation of monopolies has hindered the free development of small and medium-sized enterprises, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises have gone bankrupt, and the number of urban poor has increased significantly.
Roosevelt, the elder, faced strong social pressure and began to wage war against monopoly capital. In a speech to Congress in December 1901, roosevelt the elder proposed his own anti-Tothra policy:
"Large corporations are an inevitable development of the modern industrial system,...... The key to solving the problem lies in freeing the government from the influence and control of special interest groups, so that wealth becomes a servant of the state rather than a master,...... Modern government must not consider the interests of only a subset of society or its members. ...... Anti-Tosla's goal is to protect economic freedom and the equality of competitors and consumers. ”
The elder Roosevelt administration began to prosecute large monopolies on a large scale, including the Northern Securities Corporation (a railroad monopoly controlled by Morgan), the "beef toslas", American Tobacco, DuPont, the New Haven Railroad, and Mobil Oil. With the victory of the lawsuit, the Roosevelt administration began to dissolve the large and destructive alliances.
Roosevelt also institutionalized anti-Tothra, making it a long-standing policy of the U.S. government.
When Roosevelt took office, the United States experienced great economic development, seemingly prosperous but also hidden crises, the gap between rich and poor, urban and rural gaps, corruption abounded. Roosevelt saw the crisis, and under the free-market economic system of the government not interfering in the economy at that time, he decided to use the power of the media to solve the crisis.
The "raking movement" is a fierce wave of black-revealing formed in the media and magazines. With the help of media exposure, those companies that produce toxic food for short-term profits quickly became the enemy of the whole people, and a powerful storm of public opinion swept the country.
Soon, the U.S. Congress passed federal laws beginning to regulate and constrain capital's powers.
In 1903, the Russian army that invaded the northeast of our country was occupied for a long time, and Japan negotiated with it on the grounds that its own security was threatened, and the negotiations broke down. In February 1904, Japan went to war without declaration, and the two countries launched the Russo-Japanese War on China's Liaodong Peninsula. At this time, the Qing Dynasty and the countries of the world expressed neutrality. In May 1905, when the Russian fleet was completely destroyed at the Battle of Tsushima, roosevelt the elder realized the potential threat of Japan and began to mediate in the Russo-Japanese War.
Although the Russo-Japanese War was mediated, the elder Roosevelt had only American interests in mind. In the process of mediation, he not only got the two sides to agree to the U.S. policy of opening the door, thereby securing U.S. commercial interests in the Far East, but also suppressed Japan's rapid expansion.
For successful mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize, the first U.S. president to receive it.
Panama was under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Colombia, but roosevelt the elder was well aware of the strategic position of the Panama Canal, and he wanted exclusive control of the canal. In the face of fruitless negotiations with Colombia, he turned to the independence of Panama.
With the support of the United States, Panama quickly became independent. Immediately after Panama's independence, the elder Roosevelt urged the new government to sign a canal treaty, and the United States gained control of the Panama Canal. The excavation of the Panama Canal was one of the major achievements of the elder Roosevelt's presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt was a president with a great personality, and his experiences were varied for a limited time in his life.
He opposes monopoly, advocates fairness and justice, he likes adventure and is committed to environmental protection, his political legacy has changed the weak position of the PRESIDENT of the United States, changed the foreign policy of the United States, changed the direction of the development of the MILITARY strategy of the United States, and the painful period in the process of the rise of a great power was smoothly resolved under his control and guidance.
Theodore Roosevelt is considered the founder of modern America, and his many achievements have earned him a place on the presidential hill.
In 1923, a historian named Doon Robinson proposed carving a group portrait of the president at Mount More in order to attract more people to the area, and in 1925, the project was approved by Congress and designed by the American sculptor Glam Gusson.
The project began in 1927 and was later forced to stop in 1941 due to lack of financial support, so it was a semi-finished product. According to the designer's original design, the statues of the four presidents should all be busts, and eventually only the statue of Washington was a bust, and the other three only completed the head.
The four presidents on President Hill are, from left to right: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.