Warm up If you were alive in the late 1800s early 1900s, do you think youd have been a Progressive or would have agreed with the Progressives? Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Created by Mrs. Sadler 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. Young Teddy Childhood struggles Teddys illnesses Teenager Teddy Works hard in his fathers home gym Overcomes illnesses through the strength of his will TR: The Athlete Harvard years Sculling and boxing Roosevelt at Harvard Roosevelts classroom education Early Adult Years 1881 Climbing the Matterhorn Death of mother and wife Retreat to the Badlands Brief Bio Sickly Child Idolized dad who pushed exercise and hard work Harvard Marries but wife dies in chilbirth Life in the Badlands Learned lessons in the Badlands Took the snob out of me Love of the open land Shaped future policies TRs 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) Early Career President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners Already a mover and a shaker and a friend of the common man Rough Riders Roosevelt as part of this volunteer regiment in Spanish American War Victory at San Juan Hill, Cuba Medal of Honor McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket Roosevelts progressive campaign style Powerful speeches Roosevelt Becomes President Assassination of McKinley A visible president Origin of Teddy Bear The famous bear hunt in 1902 Berrymans political cartoon Early Presidential Years Family picture at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York Stories of Roosevelts enjoyment of his children President Roosevelt in the White House 1903 The Bully Pulpit How things ought to be A bully pulpit speech in Evanston, Illinois Trust Buster Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits" Roosevelt the Trust Buster (Broke up railroad monopolies, saw laws like Sherman Anti-Trust Act were enforced.) The Square Deal A fair shake for all Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Hepburn Act strengthened ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission ) allowing regulation of railroad rates 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." 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. Coal Strike of 1902 United Mine Workers of Amer. (UMWA) Threatened winter fuel supply TR suspended strike - What was good for the nation. Continues to support arbitration 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 TR Saves Football Meeting of the Big Three American Football Rules Committee was formed Rules to make the game less dangerous The Big Mistake Runs for president in Landslide victory. That evening blurts out that he will not run again. Lame duck President for next 4 years Regretted his statement the rest of his life. Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft Theodore Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in 1909 Bull Moose Party - Progressive Wants to run again. Republicans wont have him back Taft Forms own party V.P. Hiram Johnson, Gov. of California, fellow progressive reformer Panama Canal: Roosevelts Most Famous Foreign Policy Initiative Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama in 1906. Big Stick Diplomacy A favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick.... " What do you think this means? Cities and Corruption Efficiency Progressives To combat corruption, best model for city government was a city manager or council/commission. Laguna Beach uses this model Roosevelt Loses to Wilson Start own political party - progressive Bull Moose Party (V.P. Hiram Johnson) but loses in 1912 Splits Republican vote allows Democrat to win. Life goes on An Older Theodore Roosevelt Agony over the death of Quentin in World War I "Grandfather" Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918. Roosevelts Death "The old lion is dead." Photo shows the burial of Theodore Roosevelt, January 1919 in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. Worthy of Mt. Rushmore? Works Cited "Theodore Roosevelt Collection." Harvard College Library. 4 Dec 2006.