1901-1909THEODORE ROOSEVELT

26TH PRESIDENT

1st president to be:

known by his initi als—TR called by nicknames—Teddy,

Trustbuster immortalized as a toy seen in the media with his family a Nobel Peace Prize winner committ ed to the cause of conservati on considered the “steward of the people”

Roosevelt was the youngest man to be president at 42

1902

B. T. Washington & T. Roosevelt 1901When Roosevelt invited Washington to the White House, he stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy—opponents charged he favored “race mingling.”

Campaign supporters in 1904 used this picture showing a light skinned Washington to help put a positive spin on the event.

Coal Strike (1902)

Panama Canal Rights Acquired (1904)

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904-1905)

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Won Nobel Peace Prize (1906)

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Major Events Whi le in Offi ce

1901-1909

The Coal Strike (1902) was a strike by the United Mine Workers in the anthracite coal fi elds of eastern PA.

Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recogniti on of their union.

The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major citi es.

1902 COAL STRIKE

Roosevelt became involved and set up a fact-fi nding commission that suspended the strike.

The strike never resumed, as the

miners received more pay for fewer hours; the owners got a higher price for coal, and did not recognize the trade union as a bargaining agent.

It was the fi rst labor episode in which the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator.

Nominee Theodore Roosevelt

Alton B. Parker

Party Republican Democratic

Home state New York New York

Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks

Henry G. Davis

Electoral vote 336 140

States carried 32 13

Popular vote 7,630,457 5,083,880

1904 ELECTION

Control trustsConsumer protectionConservation

"We must t reat each man on h is worth and mer i t s as a man. We must see that each i s g iven a square deal , because he i s enti t led to no more and should rece ive no less . The wel fare of each of us i s dependent fundamenta l ly upon the wel fare of a l l o f us ."

New York State

THE SQUARE DEAL

On the environment Involved in the founding of the

Am. Museum on Nat. Hist. since its founding in 1869

1902 Reclamation Service 1903 Pelican Isl. Bird Reserve 1905 Bureau of Forestry 1906 National Antiquities Act

GIFFORD PINCHOT, CHIEF FORESTER

“The World’s Constable” Roosevelt relished the United States role as the Western Hemisphere’s policemen created by the Roosevelt Corollary.

1905

“ I have a lways been fond of the West Af r i can proverb: "Speak soft ly and carry a b ig sti ck; you wi l l go far ."

THE GREAT WHITE FLEET

1907-1909

TR: “A steam engine in trousers”

Roosevelt & John Muir