The Big Stick By William Allen Rogers

Since the founding of the United States of America, many presidents have worked tirelessly in their posts to change our country for the better. Some have seen abounding success, while others have met a slow decline from glory.  Of all of these generally noble and brave men, one especially has stood out; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a remarkable idealist of a man and an amazing vehicle for change in America. While in office, this dignified man demonstrated many positive qualities, such as unrelenting optimism, heartfelt concern for both the populace and the land of America, and fierce determination to accomplish his goals.

There were three major policies that the US used during this era. One policy is the Big Stick Diplomacy. The president at the time was Roosevelt and was striving to take control over other territories. His famous quote related to this policy is “Speak softly and carry the big stick”. What

This cartoon use symbolism to depict President Theodore Roosevelt striding majestically through the Caribbean Sea holding a giant stick, dragging a fleet of steamboats. This cartoon uses satire to depicts a very commanding figure of Roosevelt, literally as a giant walking in the Caribbean Sea as though it were a mere pool of water and dragging a fleet of steamships as if they were toys on a children’s playroom floor. He is depicted as a masculine, strong, and brave man as he holds a huge and seemingly hefty stick that represents the Monroe doctrine. Theodore Roosevelt confidently strides barefooted through the sea water and is wise to stow his boots to preserve their dryness for use in the future.

President Franklin Roosevelt was a president well known for his famous leadership style. He was so popular that until this day he remains the only president in the U.S. to be elected four times. He led the United States through very enduring times including the Great depression and World War II. In the article, “Under the Influence of Mahan”: Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and their understanding of American National Interest”, Simon J Rofe argues that a U.S. naval officer and prolific writer, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan and ex-president Theodore Roosevelt were imperative in developing Franklin Roosevelt’s strategic attitude both through his thoughts and analogy. The article suggests that there are many common elements of their outlooks that are written by Mahanist’s thoughts. This appreciation was conditioned in the two Roosevelts by their understanding of Mahan. It is in undertaking this detailed analysis that the thinking of

In the event of the cartoon, President Roosevelt sent American Naval so that the Europeans can calm and negotiate and back away. President Roosevelt goal was to protect the “relations between the Western Hemisphere and Europe, but it did serve as justification for U.S. intervention in Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic” (Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904, n.d.). After the incident, United States was appreciated and looked up to

The cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, “The World’s Plunderers.” shows the world powers carving out the parts of the world they desire based on their imperialistic ideals(Doc A). This cartoon shows the type of world power the United States is becoming with their built up power. In addition, the United States has become much more wealthy, with a larger army and greater

For this topic, the foreign policies of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt will be examined and the three major periods distributed among these two presidents. Overall, the United States foreign policy saw major changes from involvement to no involvement at all.

‘He had been President of the United States for 12 of the most tumultuous years in the life of the nation. For many, an America without Roosevelt seemed almost inconceivable.’ This is the most subject piece of comment I’ve ever read for the president. Mr. Roosevelt is one of the most influential presidents in American history. He has been well known for keeping the disability of his legs as a secret from the public for decades yet showing the incredible toughness and great leadership as well as the all-time debating policy he introduced for fighting against the Great Depression between 1929 and 1933. At the age of 39, Mr. Roosevelt had all the required qualities to move up the ladder of his political career to the peak: wisdom, powerful social status, generous

The caricature was described as “the timid, the lazy man, the man who distrusts his country, the over-civilized man, who has lost the great fighting, masterful virtues, the ignorant man, the man of dull mind, whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty lift that thrills ‘stern men with the empires in their brains’ (Roosevelt, 2).” The caricature is painted as an anti-patriotic and out of touch (“over civilized”) person. Roosevelt establishes this as a complete juxtaposition from the ideal, working citizen that he described earlier by saying “These are the men who fear the strenuous life, who fear the only national life which is really worth leading. They believe in that cloistered life which saps the hardy virtues in a nation (Roosevelt, 3).”

Mahan's vision for a U.S. Empire in the Pacific and Caribbean was realized by Teddy in the form of Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal, an absolutely essential project for U.S. business and military hegemony. By the early part of the 20th century, the intertwining of commercial and military interests, especially at sea, was finally complete.

The epoch that the cartoon was drawn in was defined by the emergence of a central force in geopolitics: The nation-state. The force of nationalism, neither benevolent nor malevolent, surfaced as

The story of the "Tooth and Claw" by T.C. Boyle was definitely not something I would choose to read if I were picking something myself. The story is told by Jimmy, and contains what I perceive to be three main characters Jimmy (the protagonist), Daria (the love interest), and a serval cat. In summary, Jimmy moves to California in the hopes of rediscovering himself. He is a young man who is dealing with the death of a father he did not like, trying to create a new life. He indicates his intentions when he said, "The whole reason I’d moved out to the Coast to live, first with my Aunt Kim and her husband, Waverley, and then in my own one-bedroom apartment with kitchenette and a three-by-six-foot balcony with a partially obscured view of the Pacific, half a mile off, was so that I could inject a little excitement into my life and mingle with all the college students in the bars that lined State Street cheek to jowl, but here I was hanging out in an old-man’s bar that smelled of death and vomit and felt as closed in as a submarine, when just outside the door were all the exotic, sunstruck glories of California." (206) This statement really summarizes Jimmy. He is seeking excitement and wanting to find happiness with someone his own age, and recreate his existence. Whether it is because he is unable to break out of old habits or because of his fear of doing something new, Jimmy is failing miserably at his task. Instead of seeking out what he desires he is in affect

This outlook is an example of Roosevelt’s “big stick” policy, which he put into practice when he became president in 1901. It held that the United States needed to be strong enough to mold affairs in other countries, and that the threat of force would back up diplomacy. This article reflects the conventions and biases of the era in which it was written.

It was 1902, and during a typical hunting trip in the South, a guide for then President Theodore Roosevelt tied up an old, tired, and crippled bear for Roosevelt to kill. His refusal was memorialized by cartoonist Clifford Berryman; he personalized the story by creating the image of the President sparing a young bear without its mother rather than the aged one it was. This cartoon inspired toymakers to make a stuffed bear named ¨Teddy¨, which is now endearingly known as the Teddy Bear. This story is among numerous others when it comes to Roosevelt´s veneration of nature, and they collectively serve as a reminder of Roosevelt´s commitment to the early conservation of natural resources in America. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the greatest influences

The term BIG STICK DIPLOMACY refers to President Teddy Roosevelt and his famous quote "Speak softly and carry a big stick". This diplomacy pretty much means the idea of negotiating peacefully with other nations while threatening them with displays of military strength. Teddy displayed his policy in the Venezuela crisis when he amended the Monroe Doctrine. This policy was applied to the Panama Canal crisis also. The key point is to strive peace but also keep other nations aware of your power.