The Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

Right now I'm listening to some John Lennon...but anyway, here are the major topics about Theodore Roosevelt that we went over:

The Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt-

Born in 1858 - had asthma as a child but thanks to his home gym, he built himself and eventually became an athlete at Harvard participating in rowing and boxing

The Naval War of 1812 - Roosevelt's first published book when he was only 23

Roosevelt became a New York Congressman in 1881

After being dissatisfied with politics, he lived on his ranch in the Badlands in the Dakota Territory where he adopted the "western" lifestyle

In 1897, he became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy but resigned to fight in the Spanish-American War.

In 1899, he became the 33rd Governor of New York

In 1901, he became President McKinley's Vice-President and eventually the President after McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. The irony was that the x-ray machine that was on display at the exhibition could have saved McKinley's life.

As President, Roosevelt was known for "trustbusting" - using antitrust laws to prosecute and dissolve big businesses

One that he challenged was Northern Securities Company which had created a railroad monopoly in the Northwest

The company was charged with violation the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and ordered by the Supreme Court to disolve

Square Deal

1904 Election - Roosevelt's election

Hepburn Act

National Parks

Preservation

Conservation

John Muir

Roosevelt and the Brownsville Raid

The Panama Canal

William Crawford Gorgas

Bull Moose Party

Roosevelt's attempted assassination and death