theodore roosevelt was the 26th and youngest president of the united states he forever changed
what it meant to be president theodore roosevelt was the first truly modern american president
he expanded the power of the presidency dramatically he used executive orders
and presidential proclamations in ways that had never been done before
theodore roosevelt jr was born on october 27 1858 in new york city to an affluent family
as a youth he was homeschooled due to chronic illness but compensated through strenuous exercise
he graduated from harvard in 1880 studied at columbia law school and married alice lee
theodore roosevelt dropped out of law school and entered politics joining the new york assembly
but soon thereafter lost his mother and his wife on the same day utterly devastated roosevelt
left his young daughter with his sister and left for the badlands of north dakota
to start anew in 1886 roosevelt returned to new york and unsuccessfully ran for mayor during
this time he married his second wife edith kermit carro with whom he had five children
in 1897 he was appointed u.s navy assistant secretary under president william mckinley in
1898 at the start of the spanish-american war roosevelt resigned his position and formed and
equipped a cavalry unit known as the rough riders roosevelt led the unit in cuba and gained fame for
his attack of kettle hill during the battle of san juan hill returning home a national war hero
roosevelt was elected governor of new york in 1898 and in 1900 became vice president of the
united states under president mckinley whose assassination less than a year later ushered
roosevelt into the presidency theodore rouzo had a domestic policy proposal known as the square deal
he wanted to offer consumer protections he wanted to protect the middle class he was
the first president to use the power of the sherman anti-trust act to break up monopolies
in 1904 roosevelt was elected president in his own right he beefed up the u.s navy completed the
panama canal and received the nobel peace prize for negotiating the end of the russo-japanese war
in 1906. president roosevelt announced the roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine
that the united states could intervene in the affairs of central and south american countries
roosevelt would often say that the government needed to what he called carry a big stick
which meant the threat of force in order to make sure that things worked well
in terms of foreign policy he was always in motion always doing something and tremendous energy
he is the first president to be known for bringing his children into the white house
and interrupting affairs playing with children teddy roosevelt was one of the founders of the
modern environmental movement because of him something like 200 million acres of land is
still wilderness today roosevelt left office in 1909 and went on safari in africa for two years
upon his return unhappy with president taft the man he had groomed for the office roosevelt ran
against him in 1912 forming a third political party to do so the popular election was close
but he lost following his departure from politics theodore roosevelt wrote books traveled the world
and when world war one broke out offered to raise a division to go to europe and was turned down
by president wilson theodore roosevelt died in his sleep on january 6 1919 at his long
island estate sagamore hill he was 60 years old theodore roosevelt and the course that he set
for the country helped catapult the nation to the forefront of the great powers of the world
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