Theodore+Roosevelt

= Danielle Aguinaldo = = **﻿Theodore Roosevelt** = **Years of Presidency:** //Sept. 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909// **Political Party: **//Republican Party //  //"I am no longer a political accident" - Roosevelt//  //﻿(said upon his win as a president)// =Personal Details //﻿////﻿// =
 * Had an ENERGETIC, //friendly//, **bold**, & __dynamic__ personality = popularity & support
 * Believed that the president should be the mediator and that the federal government shouldn't have too much power.
 * Born in the West and was a conservative & a naturalist
 * Believed in the big distinction b/w "civilized" & "uncivilized" nations

**﻿Major Events, Changes, Isses, and Decisions **

 * **Russo-Japanese War** // - // A battle between Russia and Japan over Manchuria & Korea which lasted from 1904-1905. Roosevelt gained a Noble Peace Prize for offering to mediate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Roosevelt advocated the <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Hepburn Act ** (Act which gave the Interstate Commerce Commision the authority & power to set maximum railroad rates)
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Seizing the Philippines **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> - // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">America was able to win control over the Philippines because the Spaniards had surrendered Manila all thanks to Roosevelt's position as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His actions to expand the Pacific squadron of the navy and ordering an attack on the Spanish naval forces in the Philippines gained them the boost
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Part of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">San Juan Hill ** ( known as the bloodiest war of the battle) was when Roosevelt charged up Kettle Hill with the "Rough Riders" right into the face of the Spaniards and their guns. Roosevelt & the Rough Riders won and became famous for their actions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Roosevelt wanted to win the re-election, therefore he made <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"The Square Deal ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">" ** to gain support. It was a program designed to help middle class citizens. It protected businesses from unnecessary demands of labors that were organized, and it attacked trusts and plutocracy.
 * He created the "**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Progressive Party (a.k.a Bull Moose)" **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Became well known for creating the <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Panama Canal ** which linked the Pacific and Atlantic.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Platt Amendment **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">gave U.S. the right to prevent any foreign power from intruding into the new nation.of Cuba
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Roosevelt claimed in<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> "Roosevelt Corollary" ** the that the U.S. had the right to opposed European intervention in the Western Hemisphere but also to intervene itself in the domestic affairs of its neighbors if those neighbors proved unable to keep order and national sovereignty on their own.
 * ^ --- Roosevelt Corollary was issued to try to protect **Venzuela** from European powers after they refused to pay their debt
 * Well known for his work as a naturalist. The **National Reclamation Act (a.k.a. Newlands Act)** provided federal funds for the construction of dams, reservoirs, and canals in the West. He also added the **National Park System** to reserve parks such as //Yellowstone//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Legacy
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 31px;">Theodore Roosevelt was a great president! He led the nation on the right direction of growth and progress. He cared not only for the American citizens (middle-class specifically), but he also cared deeply about the national parks, reserving the forests (saving more than 200 acres of land!), and he definitely cared about the concept of "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations. Roosevelt had reshaped the foreign affairs policy and prepared America for the 20th century. Fairness and equality was what he strongly believed in, and the fact that he based many of his programs on that gave America great possibilities, which made him the first modern president who led America to progressivism.

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__ [] __ __ [] __ __ [] __ Brinkley, Alan. __American History A Survey__. New York: McGrawHill, 2007.