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Page 1: Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy Background –Born into a prominent family –Health issues –Kept him from doing too much athletic activities –Did them anyway –Went

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Page 2: Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy Background –Born into a prominent family –Health issues –Kept him from doing too much athletic activities –Did them anyway –Went

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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

Page 3: Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy Background –Born into a prominent family –Health issues –Kept him from doing too much athletic activities –Did them anyway –Went

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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