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Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. Probably US’s best President. Overarching Question.

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Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

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  1. Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Probably US’s best President

  2. 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.

  3. Young Teddy • Childhood struggles • Teddy’s illnesses

  4. Works hard in his father’s home gym Overcomes illnesses through the strength of his will Teenager Teddy

  5. Harvard years Sculling and boxing TR: The Athlete

  6. Roosevelt’s “classroom” education Roosevelt at Harvard

  7. Early Adult Years • 1881 – Climbing the Matterhorn • Death of mother and wife • Retreat to the Badlands

  8. Life in the Badlands • Learned lessons in the Badlands • “Took the snob out of me” • Love of the open land • Shaped future policies

  9. TR’s 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)

  10. Early Career • President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners • Already a “mover and a shaker” and a friend of the common man

  11. Roosevelt as part of this volunteer regiment Victory at San Juan Hill Medal of Honor Rough Riders

  12. Roosevelt’s progressive campaign style Powerful speeches McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket

  13. Assassination of McKinley A “visible president” Roosevelt Becomes President

  14. Origin of “Teddy Bear” • The famous bear hunt in 1902 • Berryman’s political cartoon

  15. Family picture at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York Stories of Roosevelt’s enjoyment of his children Early Presidential Years

  16. 1903 President Roosevelt in the White House

  17. How things “ought to be” A bully pulpit speech in Evanston, Illinois The Bully Pulpit

  18. National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations 230,000,000 acres President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903. Roosevelt as Conservationist

  19. "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." Roosevelt and National Parks

  20. Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama in 1906. Panama Canal: Roosevelt’s Most Famous Foreign Policy Initiative

  21. The Square Deal • A fair shake for all • Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 • Meat Inspection Act of 1906

  22. Attack on Laissez Faire • Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits" • Roosevelt the “Trust Buster”

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

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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Theodore Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in 1909 Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft

  28. The “Progressive Bull Moose” loses in 1912 Life goes on Theodore Roosevelt at the wedding of his daughter Ethel to Richard Derby. Roosevelt Loses to Wilson

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

  30. "The old lion is dead." Photo shows the burial of Theodore Roosevelt, January 1919 in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. Roosevelt’s Death

  31. Works Cited "Theodore Roosevelt Collection." 1998. Harvard College Library. 4 Dec 2006 <http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/dep artment /roosevelt.html. >.

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