Podcast Report Theodore Roosevelt

Answer the following questions: 1 How did his father’s Civil War experience affect Roosevelt? 2 Describe Roosevelt’s childhood 3 How did Roosevelt deal with grief? 4 What was notable about Roosevelt’s approach to being a NY police commissioner? 5 How did Roosevelt’s parenting style affect his son Ted? 6 Why did Roosevelt volunteer to fight in the Spanish-American War? 7 What was the outcome of Thomas Platt’s efforts to neutralize Roosevelt’s political career? 8 What was the public’s reaction to Booker T Washington’s visit to the White House? 9 What did Roosevelt think of ‘civilization’? 10 What did Roosevelt argue when he spoke of the necessity to lead a “strenuous life”? 11 How did Roosevelt intervene in the United Mine Workers’ strike? 12 What was Roosevelt’s philosophy about environmental preservation? 13 Describe Alice Roosevelt’s personality 14 How did Roosevelt feel about the influence of private business in politics? 15 Describe what happened during the 1912 Republican primary and what Roosevelt did in the general election? 16 In which way Roosevelt was and/or wasn’t a Socialist?                                                                                      

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