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