The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

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The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
Trust Busting, Panama Canal, and more.
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Leon Czolgosz anarchist Shoots President McKinley
September 6, 1901
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TR Sworn in as President

• McKinley lay gravely ill for more than a week
• September 13th the Vice President was finally
  found atop Mount Marcy in the Adirondack
  Mountains
• "Teddy" Roosevelt rode through the night,
  arriving at a nearby village at 500 AM
• traveled by car and special train arrived in
  Buffalo shortly after noon on the 14th
• Less than 12 hours earlier, at 215 A.M.,
  President McKinley had died of his wounds
• After viewing the President's body in Buffalo,
  where the assassination had occurred, Roosevelt
  was sworn in as President.

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President Theodore Roosevelt

• Serves the rest of McKinleys term and is elected
  for a 2nd
• Important Events/ideas
• 1. Trust Busting
• 2. Panama Canal
• 3. Conservation
• 4. Roosevelt Corollary

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Trust Busting?

• Breaking monopolies
• Only took on those that were bad for the American
  public
• Example Northern Securities Co. RR

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Panama Canal

• Columbia refuses support
• US supports Panamanian revolution against
  Columbia
• Signs treaty gives US complete unending
  sovereignty over canal zone

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Begins May 1904 60 giant steam shovels, 44,000
workers, accidents, lost equipment, and
deaths August 1914 Complete
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Conservation

• Natural resources are limited and must be
  controlled

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Creation of National parks and monuments
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Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick!
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Roosevelt Corollary

• Monroe Doctrine 1823
• - declared Western Hemisphere off limits for
  European colonization
• Roosevelt Corollary 1904
• - declared the US would back up the Monroe
  Doctrine with police power

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Questions?