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Based on these quotes write about TR’s personality
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Every immigrant who comes here should eb required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
TR: Early Life and Education
Childhood illness Harvard
Early Adult Years Begins political
career in NY Death of mother and
wife
Retreat to Dakota Territory
Life in the Badlands Learned lessons in the
Badlands “Took the snob out of m
e” Love of the open land Shaped future policies
Early Career
President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners
Progressive thinker
Rough Riders Roosevelt as
part of this volunteer regiment
Victory at San Juan Hill
Medal of Honor
McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket Hidden in VP slot on
Republican ticket McKinley
assassinated “Now that damned
cowboy is in the White House”
Origin of “Teddy Bear” The famous
bear hunt in 1902
President Roosevelt in the White House
1903
The Bully Pulpit How things “ought to be” Bully Pulpit
Influence that president unofficially has – speeches, programs
Roosevelt as Conservationist National Parks,
National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations
230,000,000 acres
President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903.
Roosevelt and National Parks"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."
John Muir and Sierra Club
The Square Deal A fair shake for all Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Attack on Laissez Faire
Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits"
Roosevelt the “Trust Buster”
Big Stick Diplomacy
A favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
What do you think this means?
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
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
Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft Theodore
Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in 1909
Roosevelt Loses to Wilson The “Progressive Bull
Moose” loses in 1912 Life goes on