theodore roosevelt. teddy background –born into a prominent family –health issues –kept him...
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• Background– Born into a prominent family– Health issues– Kept him from doing too much athletic
activities– Did them anyway– Went into law school
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• Early success– Panama Canal– Rough Riders– Governor of New York– Chosen as Vice President in 1900
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• William McKinley assassinated– Teddy Becomes president
• Immediately started reforming – Progressive ideas– Square deal
• Trustbuster– Took on major corporations
• Monopolies
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• Bureau of Corporations– Gentleman’s agreement
• Social Welfare– Meat Inspection Act– Pure Food and Drug Act
• Conservationist– Yosemite
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• Legacy – Changed the way people viewed government
and presidency– Left office in 1908
• Built America into more powerful country than it had ever been