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Theodore Roosevelt
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the Roosevelts can trace their family roots to Claes                        van Rosenvelt
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emigrated with his family from the            province of Zeeland
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arrived in New Amsterdam between 1638 and         
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1652 bought a         
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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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               (Hyde Park Roosevelts)
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Franklin
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         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                   
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age of 18, entered               
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scholarship
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sports
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worked on "The Naval War of         "
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the first of his over      books
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devoted father of        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            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                 
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Civil Service Commissioner of New York City
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             Commissioner of New York City
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1897 Assistant Secretary of the Navy under                 
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major turning point
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during               -American War of 1898
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led Rough Riders to battle front in         
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became a popular                  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                           , 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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                   agenda
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government intervention could help U.S.                      overcome many of its structural problems
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"Great                          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            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                        Party
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survived assassination attempt
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fixed image as Bull           
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received the largest            party vote in American history
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democrat Woodrow Wilson won
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disappointed, Roosevelt left for the Rio                and traveled it with his son Kermit
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1914 Great War started
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Roosevelt argued fiercely for American                         
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lived to see the U.S. enter and win the war
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1918 son                shot down as pilot in France
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         died January 6th
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