Theodore

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Theodore Teddy Roosevelt

• October 27, 1858  January 6, 1919 was an
  American politician, author, naturalist, soldier,
  explorer, and historian who served as the 26th
  President of the United States.

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Overarching Question

• What did Roosevelt do to earn immortalization at
  Mount Rushmore? Most people can easily answer
  why the others figures were chosen.
  So..after studying about the life and work
  of Theodore Roosevelt, YOU decide why YOU THINK
  he was placed among such prestigious company
  (George Washington - the father of our country,
  Thomas Jefferson - author of the Declaration of
  Independence, and Abraham Lincoln - the Great
  Emancipator who united the country.

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Young Teddy

• Childhood struggles
• Teddys illnesses, asthma

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Teenager Teddy

• Works hard in his fathers home gym
• Overcomes illnesses through the strength of his
  will

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The Student and Athlete

• Harvard years, Biology major, Naval Interest
• Boxing

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Early Adult Years

• 1881 Climbing the Matterhorn, also served on NY
  State assembly
• Death of mother and wife
• Retreated to the Badlands

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Life in the Badlands Dakotas

• Learned lessons in the Badlands
• Took the snob out of me
• Loved of the open land
• Shaped future policies

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TRs Life with Edith

• Marriage to Edith
• Tales of Teddy Roosevelt and his six children
  (only five in this picture because Quentin is not
  yet born)

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Early Career

• 1890s - President of the NYC Board of Police
  Commissioners
• Already a mover and a shaker and a friend of
  the common man

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Spanish-American War -Rough Riders

• Roosevelt as part of this volunteer regiment
• Joined the Army and became cavalry brigade
  commander!
• Won fame for his role in the battle of San Juan
  Hill
• Received the Medal of Honor

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1900 - McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket

• Roosevelts progressive campaign style
• Powerful speeches
• Vice-president under McKinley

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Roosevelt Becomes President

• Assassination of McKinley
• A visible president
• Believed the government was there to serve
  provide for the people

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Origin of Teddy Bear

• The famous bear hunt in 1902
• Berrymans political cartoon

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Early Presidential Years

• Family picture at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on
  Long Island, New York
• Stories of Roosevelts enjoyment of his children

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President Roosevelt in the White House

• 1903

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The Bully Pulpit

• How things ought to be
• A bully pulpit speech in Evanston, Illinois

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Panama Canal Roosevelts Most Famous Foreign
Policy Initiative

• Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama
  in 1906.

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Big Stick Diplomacy

• A favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big
  stick. . . . "
• What do you think this means?

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The Square Deal

• Square Deal- The various Progressive reforms that
  Roosevelt sponsored. Supported his idea of
  government responsibility for helping people. A
  fair shake for all
• Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 - Pure Food and
  Drug Act Halted the sale of contaminated food
  and medicines. It called for truth in
  labeling.
• 1. The government reported that harmful additives
  and preservatives were being added to food and
  drugs to make them last longer.
• 2. All foods/drugs had to have labels that told
  what exactly was in the food/medicine.
• 3. Did not outlaw the harmful things being put
  in, but made sure the public had knowledge of
  what they were ingesting.

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The Square Deal

• Meat Inspection Act of 1906 - Dictated strict
  cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and
  created a system of federal inspection.
• This inspection system we had until the 1990s

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Attack on Laissez Faire

• Work to curb the power of trusts "within
  reasonable limits"
• Roosevelt the Trust Buster
• 1902 Coal Strike
• 140,000 coal miners in Pa. went on strike wanting
  20 pay raise, 9 hour work day and organized
  labor right.
• As winter approached Roosevelt called both sides
  to the White House to discuss the situation.
  Only the dignity of the Presidency kept him
  from taking the owner by the seat of the
  breeches and tossing him out the window.

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Trust Buster

• Roosevelt vowed to rid the U.S. of all bad
  trusts that sought to get rich while harming the
  public.
• Trusts controlled 80 of U.S. industry
• Believed that all trusts were not bad
• Roosevelts administration attacked and defeated
  44 trusts using the Sherman anti-trust act. (oil,
  tobacco, RR beef among them)

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Attack on Laissez Faire

• Believed trusts contributed to Americas
  prosperity but was concerned that the monopoly
  power of some trusts hurt the public interest
• Formation of the Department of Commerce and Labor
  to keep big business from abusing its power by
  keeping the pubic informed
• Interstate Commerce Act Prohibited pools in
  which RR owners divided business in a given
  territory and shared the profits.
• Hepburn Act passed to strengthen the ICC by
  giving it the power to set railroad rates

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Roosevelt as Conservationist

• Conservation- some areas would be preserved while
  others would be developed for commercial
  purposes. (Black Hills of South Dakota)
• National Parks, National Forests, game and bird
  preserves, and other federal reservations
• Roosevelt deemed water and forest problems a
  vital concern for Americans.
• National Reclamation Act - 230 million acres
  preserved as national parks

• President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903.

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Roosevelt and National Parks

• Gifford Pinochet- Professional conservationist
  that became head of the U.S. Forest Service.
• "Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it.
  The ages have been at work on it, and man can
  only mar it." - TR

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TR Saves Football

• Meeting of the Big Three
• American Football Rules Committee was formed
• Rules to make the game less dangerous

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Presidential Firsts

• First to invite an African American to a White
  House dinner
• First to have Secret Service protection
• First to win Nobel Peace Prize for his work
  towards ending the Russo-Japanese War
• First to take trip outside the United States

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More Presidential Firsts

• First to give an open invitation to the press
• First to be submerged in a submarine, to own a
  car, to have a telephone in his home, and to be
  allowed to operate the light switches in the
  White House

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Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt with incoming President
  William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in
  1909

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Roosevelt Loses to Wilson

• The Progressive Bull Moose loses in 1912
• Life goes on
• Theodore Roosevelt at the wedding of his
  daughter Ethel to Richard Derby.

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An Older Theodore Roosevelt

• Agony over the death of Quentin in World War I
• "Grandfather" Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter
  Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918.

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Roosevelts Death

• "The old lion is dead."
• Photo shows the burial of Theodore Roosevelt,
  January 1919 in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster
  Bay, NY.
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Works Cited

• "Theodore Roosevelt Collection." 1998.
• Harvard College Library. 4 Dec 2006
• lthttp//hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/dep artment
  /roosevelt.html. gt.