Early Life

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in Manhattan, New York to a wealthy family. He was born with very poor health, suffering from a severe case of asthma. He learned to box to help improve his strength. Because of his poor health, he was homeschooled throughout most of his life until he attended Harvard in 1876. After he graduated, he attended Columbia Law School but soon dropped out because of disinterest. Not long after, Roosevelt lost his wife and mother to illness on the same day in 1884.

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Before Presidency

Before Roosevelt became president, he accomplished many things. He was the New York State Assemblyman, a deputy sheriff in the Dakota Territory, U.S. Civil Service commissioner, assistant secretary of the Navy, and governor of New York. He was also the police commissioner of New York City. While he did this, he transformed the police department into what it is today in doing things such as making regular inspections of firearms and yearly physical exams for all officers. Roosevelt was the Colonel of the Rough Riders. This was the first volunteer cavalry in the United States, in which he led groups of soldiers to victory in the Battle at San Juan Hill. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading those troops to the American victory. Lastly, he was Vice President before becoming president of the United States.

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Presidency

After President McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt rose from Vice President to the 26th President of the United States. It is said that Roosevelt's number one goal was to protect the citizens of the U.S. and he was known as a man of vigorous action.

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Business Moves During Presidency

Roosevelt helped regulate a lot of business and monopolies during his presidency. Throughout his time in office, he broke up over forty trusts. One of his most famous cases was the Standard Oil Company. He also made a lawsuit using the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1902 which broke apart Northern Securities Company, famous for their affiliation with the railroad. Stopping all of these trusts earned him his nickname "Trust Buster."

Roosevelt was most known for how he controlled his foreign policies. His main policy was the Big Stick Policy, which meant to negotiate peacefully with a country while also keeping the threat of the U.S. military power. He was very well known for his negotiating, such as when he negotiated the end to the coal miners strike in Pennsylvania. He negotiated in other countries as well, such as when he gained control of the Panama Canal after he gave U.S. support to Panama to secede from Columbia. Roosevelt also negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War for which he won a Nobel peace prize for. He negotiated with other countries and would even intervene at times when it was necessary, such as when he added a piece to the Monroe Doctrine saying the U.S. could intervene in South American affairs if needed.

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Square Deal

A major accomplishment of Roosevelt was his Square Deal. This became a major part of his presidency and what his work to break apart monopolies led to. This program he created was meant to reform the workplace, regulate business, and protect consumers.The Sqaure Deal can be summed up into the three C's: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.

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Major Legislations

Roosevelt made many regulations and acts. A list includes the Elkins Act of 1903, the Hepburn Act of 1906, and the Federal Employers' Liability Act for Labor. Some very popular ones were the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. These are especially still used today and help regulate food and medicine for consumers.

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Conservation Efforts

Roosevelt was very known for his major conservation efforts. He helped established federal protection for almost 230 million acres of land and 150 national forests. He also created 51 federal bird reservations, five national parks, and 18 national monuments. Along with these, he created legislations to help protect nature as well. These include the National Reclamation Act of 1902, which helped establish irrigation projects in the west, and the United States Forestry Service in 1902.

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Extra Facts

Some extra facts about President Roosvelt is that he is one of the four faces included on Mount Rushmore. Next, Roosevelt was the first president to win a Nobel Prize. Also, the teddy bear was named after Roosevelt. One day he was asked to shoot a bear his hunting crew had tied up in a tree while on a hunting trip but he would not shoot it where it was. Later, a shopkeeper in the area started selling stuffed bears and called them Teddy Bears, after President Roosevelt. Lastly, there was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Roosevelt in 1912.

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