Theodore Roosevelt beside being president was an writer, explore, big game hunter, solider, rancher, conservationist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Teddy Rooselvet was anything but boring. Despite living with life-threating asthma in his early childhood. He build up his body and face the adversity of life head on. Below is a list of the challenges and opportunities Theodore would face or grasp in his lifetime:Theodore Rooselvet 26th President
(Nickname - Teddy)
Accomplishments as 26th President of United States
- State Offices - New York Assemblyman, Governor of New York
- Death of Wife and Mother on same day
- Ranchman in Dakota Badlands
- New York Police Commissioner -firing corrupt policemen
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Quit the Navy to Fight in Spanish-American War
- Join the Army as Lieutenant Colonel - and formed a volunteer a cavalry unit, later know as the famous Roosevelt's Rough Riders
- Vice President of U.S.
- With the assassination of President Mckinley would become President
STUDENT'S ASSIGNMENT
- 1. Sherman Anti-Trust Act- Help stop monopolies of big business
- 2. Pure Food and Drug Act - Meat inspection
- 3. Arbitration of 1902 Coal Miners Strike- Miners got a 9 hour day instead of 12 hours shifts, receive 10% wage increase, and own representative present when coal was weighed.
- 4. Increase U.S. Naval Power
- 5. Established U.S. Forest Service to control harvest of timber.
- 6. Set Aside Land for U.S. Parks
- 7. Got approval from Congress to built Panama Canal - a crucial waterway between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans saving ships thousands mile in travel time.
USE BELOW WEB SITE TO ANSWER FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. What boyhood disease did Theodore fight ?
2. What two countries owned rights to the Panama Canal ?
3. What banker did Roosvelt have Justice Department Prosecute ?
4. What did he win the Nobel Peace Prize for ?
5. Who wrote The Jungle that inspired the Pure Food and Drug Act ?
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