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Ivan Tejeda Theodore Roosevelt 11/28/12

Ivan Tejeda Theodore Roosevelt 11/28/12. Important/key factors about Teddy. October 27   26th President of the United States (1901–1909) Lived from 1858 – January 6, 1919

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Ivan Tejeda Theodore Roosevelt 11/28/12

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  1. Ivan Tejeda Theodore Roosevelt 11/28/12

  2. Important/key factors about Teddy • October 27  26thPresident of the United States(1901–1909) • Lived from 1858 – January 6, 1919 • Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Roosevelt was a sickly child who suffered from asthma and stayed at home studying natural history. •  In 1881, one year out of Harvard, he was elected to the New York State Assembly , where he became a leader of the reform faction of his Republican party

  3. Notes • In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt became President at the age of 42; he remains the youngest president.[5]Roosevelt attempted to move the Republican Party (GOP) toward Progressivism, including trust busting and increased regulation of businesses.

  4. Notes • trust busting and increased regulation of businesses. In1904 Roosevelt was elected to a full term of his own, becoming the first person elevated from the Vice-Presidency to do so,[6] as well as winning the largest percentage of the popular vote since the uncontested election of 1820. • Roosevelt coined the phrase "Square Deal" to describe his domestic agenda, emphasizing that the average citizen would get a fair share under his policies.

  5. Notes • Roosevelt built a second ranch, which he named Elk Horn, thirty-five miles (56 km) north of the boomtown of Medora, North Dakota. On the banks of the Little Missouri, Roosevelt learned to ride western style, rope, and hunt. He rebuilt his life and began writing about frontier life for Eastern magazines, as well publishing three books. (On next slide.)

  6. Notes • Three books- • Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1885 ISBN 1-58734-042-9 • Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, New York: The Century Co., 1888 ISBN 1-58734-044-5 • The Wilderness Hunter, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893 ISBN 0-8398-1765-7

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