26.+Theodore+Roosevelt

**Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States of America- Jennifer Alvarado**  **__Early life __ **  Born on October 27, 1858. 2nd of 4 brothers. He had asthma and suffered from tone deafness. His interest in zoology started at age 7, and since then collected animals for his museum, and studied them. He took up boxing thanks to his father. He once said, "My father, Theodore Roosevelt, was the best man I ever knew. He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness, and great unselfishness. He would not tolerate in us children selfishness or cruelty, idleness, cowardice, or untruthfulness.". He studied at Harvard, and had a photographic memory, so he excelled at biology and geography. Then he enrolled in Columbia Law school, but dropped out to enter public life.  **__Before Presidency __ **  He was an assemblyman for the state of New York. Became very active in politics and attended national conventions. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Presidency __ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">"Teddy" Roosevelt brought new excitement and power to the Presidency. He vigorously led Congress and the American public toward new reforms and a strong foreign policy <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Theodore Roosevelt felt strongly about leading the people of U.S, as a "steward" of the people. He felt it his duty to take whatever action he had to take, unless forbidden by the constitution. "I did not usurp power," he wrote. "But I did greatly broaden the use of executive power." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">By the end of his first term he had solved many international issues and had a watchful eye on domestic affairs and politics. He was known for his "walk softly and carry a big stick" attitude, and was very popular. He saw himself as a representative of all the different kinds of people. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Accomplishment __ **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">He became a "trust buster", when he forced the great railroad combination in the Northwest to break apart.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">He sought to control and establish regulations of big businesses in order to better represent all people
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Thanks to him, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 to maintain economic liberty, and to eliminate restraints on trade and competition.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Theodore Roosevelt felt there should be a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, therefore construction began in 1903 of the Panama Canal.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Adopted the Drago Doctrine (that prevented the use of force when collecting national debts), and negotiated with other countries to solve disputes.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Won the Nobel Peace Prize - negotiated peace treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War - 1905
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Ran once more as a third party, he named the Bull Moose
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