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Apr 16, 2026
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HIST 177A - Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern AmericaSemester Hours: 3
Theodore Roosevelt served as a New York state assemblyman, U.S. Civil Service commissioner, New York City police commissioner, assistant secretary of the Navy, colonel of the Rough Riders, New York governor, vice president and president of the United States, all by the age of 42. In addition to these jobs, he spoke six languages, authored 36 books and more than 150,000 letters and articles, was a rancher and deputy sheriff in the Dakota Badlands, a world-renowned naturalist, ornithologist and expert on large land animals, a world traveler, and an explorer of the uncharted Amazon. This course examines the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt and how his presidency shaped modern America. Among the subjects discussed will be Roosevelt’s family and personal life; his role as a political and social reformer; his launching of the modern conservation and preservation movements; and his policies toward American expansionism and imperialism. Other topics include his role in the Spanish American War; the building of the Panama Canal; his winning of the Nobel Prize for Peace; the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine; and the sailing of the Great White Fleet. This semester in particular, we will examine Roosevelt’s ideas on race in America. In essence, the course is an in-depth study of how Theodore Roosevelt’s life, ideals and policies established the modern presidency.
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60777: M-R, 4:10-6:20 p.m.; Staudt; 201 Brower
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