do you think theodore roosevelt deserves to be on mount rushmore?why?

Answer 1

Theodore Roosevelt definately deserves to be on Mt. Rushmore because he went against many of the norms in his party.

He was progressive. He favored a shorter work day and work week. Opposed child labor. He was environmentally responsible by creating many new parks and preserves. He was opposed to the big company trusts. (Rare, indeed for a Republican). He realized that being isolationist was not a good thing. He had the size of the navy increased and sent around the world to show that the US was strong and a serious player on the world stage. T.R. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

Answer 2

Mount Rushmore Roosevelt

Answer 3

Teddy was the first american to receive the Nobel Prize.
He was the first to invite a black man to have dinner with him in the whitehouse ( he invited Booker T. Washington )
He was a military man who found himself being lured into politics by others who thought he would be a good leader. He was encouraged to run for Governor of NY during a time when there was alot of corruption.
An avid outdoorsman, he convinced Congress to establish the US Forest Service and established many parks and wild life refuges. Also came up with the Antiquities act allowing for establishing national monuments.
Pushed Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act amid concerns about unsanitary production.
This led to the FDA we have now.

Teddy did alot of firsts which set standards for later on.I definitely consider him one of the best Presidents the USA has had.

Answer 4

Absolutely, not to mention that he was the one that got the National Park service really funded and running to begin with.

There used to be all sorts of displays about him at Yosemite Valley which he had added to the park system after hiking and camping there with John Muir who wanted him to save the place. This while he was President. Now because he was a hunter, he has been edited from California text books except regarding bare facts of his presidency and his role in the Spanish American war (truth. my kids' library lost tons of books in the 'cleansing' for this and other PC reasons.)

Even the picture of John Muir at Yosemite which is on the California quarter is identical to a famous one - except that Teddy Roosevelt standing by his side has neatly been edited out.

On the flip side, how on earth would you justify editing him out?

Answer 5

The real question is, what are Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln doing free-loading on TR's glory?
Roosevelt says: "Get the hell off my mountain, Honest Abe! What did you do? The Emancipation Proclamation? Pah! I ought to emancipate your face with a pneumatic drill and a ton of dynamite. What about you, Girly-Boy? Declaration of Independence? I spit on the Declaration of Independence! You're all a bunch of soft-c&cks! I invaded CUBA and the PHILIPPINES! Beat that, sunshine!"

Answer 6

That is a very subjective question. Sort of like Time or People Mag deciding the sexiest man alive or the most influential person of the year.

I think your face should be there because you pose an interesting question requiring others such as myself to think. Bravo.

Answer 7

He founded the National Park Service.

That's as big a contribution to American greatness as any president has made.

Answer 8

Absolutely! TR was one of our greatest presidents. He built the Panama Canal, used military force without abusing it, protected land without being totally green, and, when his party refused to nominate him over Taft, he ran with his own party, which almost killed the Republicans and could have eventually killed the Democrats.

Answer 9

Of course he does. He was a common sense conservationalist, and pragmatist. He believed in backing up what he said.

Answer 10

He's there,so you'll just have to except it as is