THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Museum is located in a park, originally called Manhattan Square and renamed Theodore Roosevelt Park in 1958, on the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt’s birth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The statue was commissioned in 1925 to stand on the museum’s steps, since Roosevelt’s father was one of its founders and Roosevelt himself was a “devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history, ” as the museum’s website explains.
Detailed explanation-3: -A statue of US President Theodore Roosevelt that sat in front of a New York museum for nearly 80 years was removed this week after criticism over its “racial” image.
Detailed explanation-4: -Albert Smith Bickmore, one-time student of Harvard zoologist Louis Agassiz, is successful in his proposal to create a natural history museum in New York City, winning the support of William E. Dodge, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., Joseph Choate, and J. Pierpont Morgan.