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Theodore Roosevelt: Father Of The Civil War
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US History

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858, in New York City. He had 3 other siblings he was the 2nd one born out of the four. His dad Theodore Sr, was a successful businessman and his Mother Martha Roosevelt, she grew up on a plantation in Georgia. He had a rough time through the Civil War since his mother and aunt and (Maternal Grandmother were from the South and his Dad was from the Union.

Roosevelt was homeschooled by private teachers, he also traveled to Europe and Middle east went to multiple different states out there like Austria etc. He lived in Germany with a host family for 5 years while his parents were having it rough. Roosevelt’s niece Married a distant cousin of there’s Franklin D Roosevelt and they

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