Stone Bridge U.S. History Students Visit Teddy Roosevelt Island
Anna(left)
-How did Roosevelt choose which places should be national parks?
Meghan
(center) Compared to the many people today that take a dim view of killing big
game animals -should we retroactively judge Roosevelt harshly for doing the same
thing? Answer:
Since it was a different time period then, it was not
seen as such a detrimental thing. They also used dead animals as a way to study
them, so killing was almost like - helping the animals. However - today -
Roosevelt would have not been allowed to kill like he did back then.
Unfortunately because there was no hunting restrictions/laws, they did not know
what they were doing.
Lauren
(right)
Teddy was youngest ever elected to NY state office. Was he in a
hurry to be a big shot?
Sarah (second left) How serious was Roosevelt wounded when he was shot? ANSWER- He wasn’t injured too bad. He could still finish his speech because it went through his glasses case. It wasn’t life threatening.
Alexa
(center)
Other than
losing to Woodrow Wilson, did Roosevelt have a relationship with him?
Jade
(left) What type of relationship did McKinley have with Roosevelt?
Mike
(left) How good of a boxer was Roosevelt? We read that he boxed almost his while
life. ANSWER-
He was a skilled boxer in the sense that he put his 100% into everything that he
did. It was unknown how many fights he won, but we know that he put his all into
every fight.
Matt
(center)
I’ve heard that Trump been compared to Teddy
Roosevelt. Do you think that’s accurate?
Abi-Teddy's
wife and mother both died on Valentine’s Day in 1884. How did that affect him?
ANSWER- Yes, he was affected by it.
He was depressed, so depressed that he quit the office work and moved to the
Dakotas.
Brian- Historians at C-Span rank Teddy Roosevelt as the fourth best president. Do you think that is accurate? ANSWER- It is more of an opinion. He changed the presidency to make it less of a caretaker and to be more involved. He went against his friends in government to raise the wages and lower the hours for workers. He also did a lot for the environment.
Ryan
(center) Why did the person who shot Roosevelt shoot him? Reason?
Katiana (right)- Roosevelt said “life and death are part of the same adventure” what do you think he meant by this? ANSWER-Theodore Roosevelt was full out, he never did anything half-way. He also believed they were both unknowns and not be feared.
Abi presents Ranger Janet Green with Stone Bridge baseball hat in appreciation for taking us on the tour and answering our questions.
Waving goodbye to Teddy
Quick stop at the Lincoln Memorial
The spot where Martin Luther King delivered the I Have A Dream Speech at the March on Washington, 1963