To make America the world hegemon - this is exactly what US President Theodore Roosevelt aspired to.
Roosevelt: the path to America's leadership
Theodore Roosevelt was born in October 1858 in America. The future president of the United States grew up in the family of a large businessman engaged in trade. The parents of young Teddy enjoyed authority in the highest circles of American society. The large fortune of the Roosevelts allowed them not to sit in one place, the family traveled to the countries of Europe and Africa.
The future president of America was often sick with a child. From early childhood, Roosevelt had poor eyesight. The young man also suffered from asthma. However, little Roosevelt did not want to put up with his weaknesses. The young man regularly did exercises, strengthening the state of the body. So in Roosevelt a love for sports arose, in the future he began to box and learn horse riding.
Due to health problems, Theodore did not go to school, he was educated at home, showing his best side. The young man's industriousness bore fruit: Teddy fell in love with studies and received the knowledge necessary to enter a higher educational institution.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The pursuit of self-improvement opened the door for Roosevelt to Harvard University - one of the most prestigious places to study. There the young man studied history and jurisprudence. During his student years, Theodore became interested in politics, began writing essays on the development of America. Roosevelt's friends shared the ideals of the future US president, influencing their fellow student and helping to find answers to political questions. Soon, Theodore formed his views. After graduating from Harvard in 1880, he joined the Republican Party. Roosevelt continued to write essays, and soon, under the authorship of the future leader of America, the book "War at Sea of 1812" was published, dedicated to the conflict between England and the United States. In his work, the representative of the Republican Party argued the idea of the need to strengthen the American fleet.
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After the release of his debut book, Roosevelt's career nearly ended at dawn. On February 14, 1884, Theodore's mother and wife died. This tragedy plunged Roosevelt into a deep depression. He went to a remote village for a couple of years to take up agriculture. The meeting with Edith Carow improved the state of mind of the future president - it was this woman who after a while became Roosevelt's second wife and bore him several children. Thanks to the spiritual support of his beloved, Roosevelt returned to the political life of America in the late 80s of the 19th century. At first, Theodore tried to become mayor of New York, but Roosevelt's candidacy was not successful. Later, the young politician was able to take the post of Chief of Police in New York. Thus began the rise of Roosevelt's political career.
US President: Theodore Roosevelt's Politics
For his diligence as Chief of Police, Roosevelt was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Navy in the Administration of President William McKinley. Theodore's discipline and iron nerves made a huge impression on American political circles at the end of the 19th century.
Roosevelt showed his best qualities during the Spanish-American War. Theodore, who was fond of horseback riding since childhood, formed a volunteer cavalry regiment. Roosevelt took part in military operations in Cuba, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Theodore Roosevelt.
After the war, Roosevelt took over as governor of New York. The politician took this place for a year, actively promoting his long-standing idea of the need to reform the American fleet.
At the very beginning of the 20th century, McKinley won the presidential election again. Roosevelt, who was part of the political team of the President of the United States, took a high position. He was named vice president of America.
In September 1901, McKinley was shot and killed by an anarchist. The presidency passed to Theodore Roosevelt, who became America's youngest leader in history.
Roosevelt began his domestic policy with a statement about the need to combat the growth of social inequality. Theodore saw on the example of the fatally-ended assassination attempt on the previous president, which may result from unwillingness to fight the improvement of the situation of the country's citizens. Roosevelt, of course, had no intention of destroying the capitalist system that had already taken shape in the United States. However, lawsuits were conducted against dishonest monopolistic associations.
Roosevelt can be called a propaganda genius. It was he who slowed down the “revolutionary degree” in American society at the beginning of the last century. This happened thanks to the competent work of propaganda - the newspapers covered even the smallest positive changes in the life of Americans, exposing any changes as nothing more than a personal feat of the US President.
In foreign policy, Theodore also sought to strengthen America's position. Roosevelt continued McKinley's foreign policy. The new president wanted to spread his country's influence throughout the world, making America the hegemon.
For example, Roosevelt proclaimed the principle of the "big stick policy." According to the president's plan, if wars began in Latin America, the United States would have to intervene in these conflicts in order to spread its influence on the continent. For such ideas and the sheriff's past, Roosevelt was nicknamed the "world policeman".
Roosevelt also took part in the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. The US President played a role in organizing peace between Russia and Japan, which fought in 1904-1905. By the way, it was for this political action that Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.
In 1909, Roosevelt ceased to be president of the United States. His second presidential term ended, and Theodore refused to go to the third. Only a few years later, Roosevelt tried again to become the head of state, but lost to Woodrow Wilson.
In the last years of his life, Roosevelt's health began to deteriorate. He treated the heart in American hospitals, but in early 1919, the former president of the United States died of a blood clot. In America in those days, mourning was declared for the president, who had always defended the position of the United States on the world stage.
Author: Philip Tkachev
