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Overview Throughout his presidency Theodore Roosevelt used the US's Big Stick - or Navy - to protect American interests overseas. He used it to both incite (Panama) and end (Russo-Japanese War) wars. In addition, he amended the US's Monroe Doctrine with the Roosevelt Corollary which was aimed to ensure European powers would not interfere with the Americas, which the US saw as its turf...
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Was TR a imperialist hawk, or was he merely acting in America's best interests as a President should? Click on the links to the right and find out for yourself.
Speak softly and carry a big stick...
Rough Riders (by Savannah's Group) 'Rough riders' was a name given to the first United States volunteer cavalry, under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt resigned in is position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry. The original plan for this unit called for filling it with men from the Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. However once Roosevelt joined the group, it quickly became the place for a mix of troops ranging from “ivy league” athletes to glee-club singers to Texas Rangers and Indians. The United States army was weakened and left with little manpower after the Civil War roughly 30 years prior. As a result, President William McKinley called upon 1,250 volunteers to assist in the war efforts. On July 1, 1898 Theodore Roosevelt on horse back led the rough riders and elements of the 9th and 10th Regiments of regulars, African-American 'buffalo soldiers,' a second charge up the Sun Juan Heights. This was what Theodore Roosevelt called his "proudest hour". After the capture of Sun Juan heights the war was virtually over. The toll from tropical diseases soon became worse then the losses in battle, and Roosevelt and other officers called for the American troops to be brought home quickly in order to save lives.
