
Theodore Roosevelt
Lectures in History
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A Spanish American War and Empire
Roosevelt was an extraordinary human being who helped shape the modern united states. He's one of four presidents to be on mount rushmore, along with washington and jefferson and lincoln. The national museum of american history in new york city has removed a statue of him that was set out there for a long time,. which was interpreted to be, and probably correctly, as an endorsement of roosevelt's imperial image.
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