Theodore Roosevelt and the Native Americans: how his beliefs influenced his treatment of the Native Americans

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dc.contributor.advisorDenning, Robert
dc.contributor.advisorAverill, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Loren III
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcConnell, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-07T22:26:57Z
dc.date.available2018-10-07T22:26:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractIn the attempt to characterize the historical character, Theodore Roosevelt historians have oversimplified the history and the character, leading to extreme perspectives. Some historians have written of him as a hero of the people, a progressive reformer who saved the less fortunate from the wealthy elitists. While other historians referred to him as a racist bent on expansionistic ideas to conquer the world in the name of the Anglo-Saxons. The present thesis accurately interprets Theodore Roosevelt and shows how his progressive ideals and his racist beliefs both originated from the same part of his character. Roosevelt’s progressive ideals and his Anglo-Saxon superiority views led him to believe that his superior Anglo-Saxon race was destined to conquer and then educate the inferior races in self-government. His Native American policies and actions toward Native Americans present clear evidence of how Roosevelt’s dual views came together to create this enigma of a historical character. (Author abstract)en_US
dc.description.bibliographicCitationSmith, L. (2018). Theodore Roosevelt and the Native Americans: how his beliefs influenced his treatment of the Native Americans. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster Artsen_US
dc.description.programHistoryen_US
dc.description.schoolCollege of Online and Continuing Educationen_US
dc.digSpecsPDF/A-1ben_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10474/3277
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSouthern New Hampshire Universityen_US
dc.relation.requiresAdobe Acrobat Readeren_US
dc.rightsAuthor retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibiteden_US
dc.rightsHolderSmith, Loren III
dc.subject.lcshSouthern New Hampshire University -- Theses (History)en_US
dc.subject.otherhistoryen_US
dc.subject.otherAmerican studiesen_US
dc.subject.othersocial researchen_US
dc.subject.otherreservationsen_US
dc.subject.otherNative Americansen_US
dc.subject.otherRoosevelt, Theodore Jr.en_US
dc.subject.othertreatmenten_US
dc.titleTheodore Roosevelt and the Native Americans: how his beliefs influenced his treatment of the Native Americansen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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