so do you think theodore roosevelt was a good or bad president?please state why. my opinion is that he was both.
2006-12-04 05:51:09 · 12 answers · asked by tweedledee 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I would say that the good outweighed the bad. He started protecting the environment in this country. He started the US Forest Service. He was probably the last Republican to stand up for the common man against corrupt big business. On the negative side he wasn't very sensitive to the oppression of racial minorities.
2006-12-04 09:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A truly great Republican President. Our national park system is his most lasting legacy. He was also a conservationist and a sportsman. He set land aside realizing if we did not, future generations would not be able to enjoy the sights he was seeing. The Panama Canal was also largely his doing. Most importantly he broke up monopolies, the Barons of the day. Standard Oil, the railroads, big companies that were gaining too much wealth and political power. Teddy was for the common folk of America, not the super rich, and he was a republican. We need another Teddy R.
2006-12-04 08:22:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All I know about Teddy Roosevelt is from a true story movie called "The Lion of the Desert" Starring Sean Connery.
Great Movie, and from what I have heard, Roosevelt was acurately portrayed.
He was quite a character, and I liked his characatcher very much - Check out the movie and see for yourself, if anything you'll get to watch a great movie.
2006-12-04 05:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Paragon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was an aristocratic who wanted to prove worthy of the privileges given to him, unlike his father, who was a chickenhawk who bought his way out of serving in the Civil War. Teddy was a man, just the opposite of the spoiled girly man in the White House now.
However, his aristocratic prejudices came out sometimes, the most notable being Conservation, which is a form of hoarding to reduce the supply of resources in order to raise the price on the resources the aristocracy already owns. Second, to summarize the referenced work by Turner, cutting off development and settlement of territory under the pretext of National Parks has been a scheme by the upper class to block class mobility, which had made America democratic through the opportunity to go out to the undeveloped land and raise the settler's standard of living far higher than he would get from begging crumbs from his fatcat employers.
2006-12-04 06:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Teddy was really an interesting man. He did make mistakes but was quick to admit them and work to correct them. Sure better than some which have followed. He was a work in progress and I think we are better for having him around. We can thank him daily for our National Parks. It is a lasting legacy. I agree with you as he was a human being and not perfect. Good and bad indeed.
2006-12-04 05:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by carol l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was a very good President. He was known as rough
and ready and his policy was walk softly and carry a BIG STICK meaning to be diplomatic and at the same time to
have a strong military.
2006-12-04 05:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was GREAT. I love his line "Speak softly, but carry a BIG stick!" He brought us out of isolationism into a world power.
Even for his most enduring legacy---land preservation---you can thank HIM for the fact that every open space in our country hasn't been completely developed by now.
2006-12-04 05:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Overall, I think he was good. His party changed drastically only a short time after he left office.
2006-12-04 05:54:34 · answer #8 · answered by v 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was a great ole chap to hang around with
2006-12-04 05:53:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think that he was he was a great president... and he had a cute name...Teddy.
2006-12-04 06:13:00 · answer #10 · answered by bonca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋