Theodore Roosevelt

(noun)

The 26th president of the United States of America (1901–1909), noted for his exuberant personality and leadership of the Progressive movement. As president, his priorities included the Progressive aims of combating governmental corruption, limiting the power of large corporations, and establishing a colonial empire.

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  • Theodore Roosevelt and Race

    • Theodore Roosevelt's treatment of the Brownsville Affair, in which 167 African American soldiers were wrongfully discharged from the Army, caused the black community to turn away from the Republic president they had once supported.
    • Both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are criticized for their treatment of African Americans during their terms as U.S. president.
    • Roosevelt had also appointed numerous African Americans to federal office, such as Walter L.
    • After the Brownsville Affair, however, black people began to turn against Roosevelt.
    • Describe the effect of Theodore Roosevelt's treatment of the Brownsville Affair

  • Legislative Leadership

    • During his second term, Theodore Roosevelt embraced legislation aimed at conserving the natural environment.
    • During his second term, President Theodore Roosevelt embraced legislation aimed at conserving the natural environment.
    • Roosevelt was a prominent conservationist.
    • Furthermore, Roosevelt established the U.
    • As depicted in this cartoon, conservation was as an important project throughout Roosevelt's presidency.

  • Roosevelt and Conservation

    • Theodore Roosevelt is credited with many achievements, but he was proudest of his work conserving natural resources and extending federal protection to land and wildlife.
    • Roosevelt was a prominent conservationist, putting the issue at the forefront of the national agenda.
    • In 1907, Roosevelt designated 16 million acres of new national forests just minutes before a deadline.
    • Roosevelt delivered the opening address: "Conservation as a National Duty."
    • In 1903, Roosevelt toured the Yosemite Valley with John Muir, and tried to minimize commercial use of water resources and forests.

  • From Roosevelt to Taft

    • In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft to run against Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.
    • Popular incumbent, Theodore Roosevelt, promising not to seek a third term, persuaded the Republican Party to nominate Taft, his close friend and secretary of war, to become his successor.
    • However, Taft undercut Bryan's liberal support by accepting some of his reformist ideas, and Roosevelt's Progressive policies blurred the distinctions between the two parties.
    • Each party shared in the increase, but whereas Taft had nearly 50,000 more votes than Theodore Roosevelt, Bryan had nearly 1,500,000 more votes than Alton Parker, and more votes than he had garnered in either of his previous campaigns.

  • Roosevelt's Progressivism

    • Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was a driving force for the Progressive movement in the United States in the early twentieth century.
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    • Roosevelt successfully groomed his close friend, William Howard Taft, to succeed him in the presidency.
    • After leaving office, Roosevelt went on safari in Africa and toured Europe.
    • Roosevelt's successful campaign against corporate monopolies earned him the nickname "Trust Buster."

  • Roosevelt, Wilson, and Race

    • Both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are criticized for their treatment of African-Americans during their tenures as president.
    • Both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are criticized for their treatment of African-Americans during their time as president.
    • As a result of an Army Inspector General's investigation, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the dishonorable discharge of 167 soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment, costing them pensions and preventing them from serving in civil service jobs.
    • Roosevelt had also appointed numerous African-Americans to federal office, such as Walter L.
    • After the Brownsville Affair, blacks began to turn against Roosevelt.

  • The Election of 1904

    • In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory for his re-election, enabling him to pursue a number of bold Progressive reforms.
    • Incumbent president and Republican candidate Theodore Roosevelt, having succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901, was elected to a term in his own right during the election of 1904.
    • Roosevelt easily defeated Parker, sweeping every region in the nation except the South.
    • Parker, called for an end to "the rule of individual caprice" and the "usurpation of authority" by president Roosevelt.
    • When the Republicans convened in Chicago June 21–23, 1904, Roosevelt's nomination was assured.

  • Expanding Federal Power

    • A major part of Roosevelt's legacy is his conception of the executive branch as a source of regulatory powers for the "good" of the nation.
    • Perhaps one of the most remarkable characteristics of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was his conviction that the president, by virtue of his election by the nation, was the representative figure of the American people, as opposed to Congress.
    • In his own words, Roosevelt claimed, "I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
    • Roosevelt, on the other hand, as a Progressive, remained committed to a belief in political efficiency and elimination of unnecessary waste and structures.
    • Describe the means by which Roosevelt broadened the scope of executive power

  • The Roosevelt Corollary

    • The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary (an addition) to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address in 1904.
    • The Roosevelt Corollary was supposed to be an addition to the Monroe Doctrine; however, it could be seen as a departure.
    • In 1928, under President Calvin Coolidge, the Clark Memorandum reversed the Roosevelt Corollary.
    • Roosevelt further renounced interventionism and established his "Good Neighbor Policy. "
    • This political cartoon depicts Theodore Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep European powers out of the Dominican Republic.

  • FDR's Third Term

    • Grant and Theodore Roosevelt were attacked for trying to obtain a third non-consecutive term.
    • Roosevelt was nominated with 946 delegates voting for him and 147 voting against him.
    • Roosevelt and Churchill conducted a highly secret bilateral meeting in Argentia, Newfoundland.
    • Roosevelt, who turned 62 in 1944, had been in declining health since at least 1940.
    • Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet during Roosevelts third term, in 1941.