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    Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States and made a huge impact on the world. Not only was he the youngest President at age 42‚ but he was also a greatly respected war hero (Theodore Roosevelt). He was also the first US President to win the Nobel Peace Prize (Theodore Roosevelt - Biography). As PresidentRoosevelt looked at the role of President as a “steward of the people” (Theodore Roosevelt). Theodore Roosevelt was not only known to be the first modern President but also

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    a very long time whether or not the United States and President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave enough effort to rescue the European Jews‚ homosexuals‚ gypsies‚ and other targeted groups that were placed inside of concentration camps. While Roosevelt did intervene in the events of the Holocaust‚ he and his administration should have and could have done so much more to help save the victims of the concentration and extermination camps. The Roosevelt administration and the country as a whole should have

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    Speech to the Democratic National Convention President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal program changed the course of American history greatly. The New Deal was associated with a number of economic programs and initiatives implemented in the country during the presidency of Roosevelt contributing to the country’s economic prosperity and stability‚ as well as greater confidence and security on the part of American citizens. President Roosevelt did not only promote but also re-defined the meaning

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    Many people blamed President Herbert Hoover for the severity of the great depression. He just thought that the depression would just be a passing incident in our nation’s lives‚ thinking that it would be over in a few months. “Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)‚ America’s 31st president‚ took office in 1929‚ the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. Although his predecessors’ policies undoubtedly contributed to the crisis‚ which lasted over a decade‚ Hoover bore much of the blame

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    #3 President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the thirty-second president of the United States‚ was a central figure for the United States in the 20th Century. While leading his country out of The Great Depression‚ he also led the nation through World War II. Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first President‚ led the country during the Great Depression and his policies enforced at that time eventually led to his downfall because of their inability to end the downward economic spiral. Both of these Presidents greatly

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    Theodore Roosevelt was an astounding president through both his terms of presidency. In 1901‚ when Roosevelt was McKinley’s Vice President‚ he did not expect nor did he wish to become president. Unfortunately when Mckinley was assassinated‚ Roosevelt was thrusted into presidency and became the youngest progressive president at the age of 42. Through his presidency Roosevelt gained the trust and the love of the American citizens. He represented the new progressive movement by improving foreign policy

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    systematic slaughter of millions of jews in death camps across Hitler’s empire‚ but what many do not understand is that anti-semitism was incredibly strong in the United States as well. However‚ in a time when almost none stood by their side‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed the only world leader who cared. However‚ his cabinet did not share his welcoming attitude‚ and attempted to sabotage him. Although Roosevelt demonstrated that he did care about saving the Jews‚ his administration perpetrated

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Barack Obama The economy of the 1930s was a devastating financial situation that the American public will never forget. However‚ this doesn’t mean that history will cease to repeat itself. The political policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt are often acknowledged for the relief of our country’s depression and some of which are still in effect today. To avoid our current recession‚ will Barack Obama choose to base his policies off of FDR’s in hopes that the same plan will

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    Theodore RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. These three presidents each shaped America into what they thought was the American Dream. The “American Dream” comes up in conversations from time to time and everybody has their different views of it. The “American Dream” is a set of beliefs that they would make this country the best that it could be and then some. The normal persons “American Dream” was to come to America and start a good life. Most of the people that were expecting a

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    Einstein’s Point of View When you think of Albert Einstein what do you imagine? A crazy‚ old chemist with white hair that stands straight up? Well‚ Albert Einstein was a chemist with crazy white hair‚ but he also was a chemist who wanted to help America with the use of his knowledge and different point of view. In his letter to President F.D. Roosevelt‚ he uses his knowledge and outside perspective of the subject of uranium to address the problems with the element and ways to improve. In Einstein’s

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