Teddy
Power point created by Robert L. Martinez
Teddy Roosevelt:
Early Background




Born into a wealthy New York family in 1858.
Suffered from asthma as a child.
As a teenager, he mastered marksmanship and
horseback riding.
Boxed and wrestled at Harvard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
Big Game
Hunter
Roosevelt posing next to a dead elephant shot on safari in Africa.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Roosevelt_safari_elephant.jpg

Roosevelt posing with shot rhinoceros.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/ROLES1.JPG

Teddy Roosevelt published his first of 44
books at the age of 24.
http://www.thecityreview.com/trex3.gif
http://manybooks.net/automatic/r/rooseveltth/rooseveltth11941194111941-8-thumb.jpg
Early Politics




At an early age, Roosevelt became a leader in New
York Politics.
Served 3 terms in the New York State Assembly.
New York City Police Commissioner
Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
New York State
Assemblymen, 1883
New York City
Police Commissioner,
1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tr_nyc_police_commissioner.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
Assistant
Secretary of the
Navy


The aspiring politician grabbed national
headlines, advocating war against Spain in
1898.
His volunteer cavalry brigade, the Rough
Riders, won public acclaim for its role in the
battle at San Juan Hill in Cuba.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TR_LtCol_1898.jpg

After the war with Spain, Roosevelt returned a
hero and was soon elected governor of New
York and then later won the vice-presidency.
http://www.politicalbadges.com/1896%20Theodore%20Roosevelt%20(for%20Governor%20stud).jpg
http://www.vw.vccs.edu/vwhansd/HIS122/Teddy/Images/trgov.jpg

When President Mckinley was assassinated,
Roosevelt was thrust into the presidency in
1901.
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/critics/mckinley/images/assassination.jpg
Youngest
President Ever

He became the youngest president at 42.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TR_Inaugurationsketch.jpg



Roosevelt’s personal exploits were always in the news.
While in office, Roosevelt enjoyed boxing, although
one of his opponents blinded him in the left eye.
On another day, he galloped 100 miles on horseback ,
merely to prove the feat possible.
http://www.opm.gov/about_opm/tr/roughride.jpg
Air Force One ?
Roosevelt’s first airplane ride in 1910.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/early_exhibition/EX7G7.jpg


Roosevelt used his personality and popularity
to advance his “Square Deal” reform programs.
His leadership and publicity campaigns helped
create the modern presidency.
http://www.cigarlabelart.com/auct%209/Images/138_Square_Deal_SMP_MB375..jpg


Roosevelt cited federal responsibility for the
national welfare.
He believed that the government should
assume control whenever states proved
incapable of dealing with problems.
http://www.fvhs.com/staff/homepages/jbovberg/images/Teddy-Roosevelt.jpg
“It is the duty of the president to act upon the
theory that he is the steward of the people,
and… to assume that he has the legal right to
do whatever the needs of the people demand,
unless the Constitution or the laws
explicitly forbid him to do it.”
– President Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.kerstengallery.com/images/seo/teddy_roosevelt.jpg
Roosevelt saw the presidency as a “bully
pulpit,” (a stage) from which he could influence
the news media and shape legislation.

http://appanet.cms-plus.com/files/images/TeddyRoosevelt.jpg


If big business victimized workers, then
President Roosevelt would see to it that the
common people received what he called a
Square Deal.
This term is used to describe his various
progressive reforms.
http://www.autographsmovieposters.com/Roosevelt_T_car.JPG
Trustbuster


Roosevelt sought to stop the actions of those
trusts that hurt the public interest.
The President used the Sherman Anti-trust Act
to break up “bad” trusts.
http://schulkin.org/Roosevelt.gif
Conservation

Roosevelt condemned the view that America’s
resources were endless and made
conservation a primary concern.
Roosevelt at Yosemite National Park
http://www.vw.vccs.edu/vwhansd/HIS122/Teddy/TR_Lion.html



The President set aside 148 million acres of forest
reserves.
He set aside 1.5 million acres of water-power
sites and anther 80 million acres of land that
experts from the U.S. Geological Survey would
explore for mineral and water resources.
He established more than 50 wildlife sanctuaries
and national parks.
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/graph%20harv%20col/HC2x3.jpg
SpanishAmerican War

On April 11, 1898, President McKinley to use
asked Congress for authority to use force
against Spain. On April 20th, the United
States declares war.
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Baker_00/2001_p4/baker_rb_kk_cl_p4/exflag.jpg
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hearst_wr/hearst_war2541898.jpg
http://www.pbs.org/crucible/photos/headline2.gif

Reasons: Cuban Independence, U.S. military
and economic interests in Latin America, the
Caribbean, and the Pacific, and the sinking of
the U.S.S. Maine.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/images/d5300hh4.jpg

Remember the
Maine !
Becomes the rallying cry for U.S.
intervention in Cuba.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ussmaine-nara01.gif
http://www.mrdowling.com/images/710maine.jpg

In the Caribbean, hostilities began with a naval
blockade of Cuba. The Spanish fleet is
effectively sealed up in the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/n120000/n191610t.jpg
U.S. Naval
Blockade of Cuba
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/10_sanjuan.html

In June 1898, American forces landed in
Cuba. American forces begin to converge on
the port city of Santiago.
http://www.veteranmuseum.org/images/cuba-landing.jpg

The army consisted of 17,000 soldiers,
including four African-American
regiments (called Buffalo soldiers) of
regular army and the volunteer Rough
Riders, a cavalry unit.
Rough Riders

The volunteer Rough Riders were under the
command of Leonard Wood and Theodore
Roosevelt.
http://www.teddyroosevelt.com/TRPicsimags/rough-riders-san-juan.jpeg

The battle of San Juan Hill is the bloodiest
and most popular of all battles during the
Spanish-American war.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/1898/sanjuan1.gif
On the way to secure San Juan Hill, a bloody
and dramatic charge took place on nearby Kettle
Hill. Without direct orders, Teddy Roosevelt,
the Rough Riders, and two African-American
regiments attacked and took Kettle Hill.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/spanam/Rrid1.jpg
The victory at Kettle Hill clears the way for an
infantry attack on the strategically important San
Juan Hill.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/1898/sanjuan.gif

Although Roosevelt and his units played only a
small role in the second battle of San Juan Hill,
the newspapers credit him the hero of the
battle.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/1898/teddy4.gif


Two days later, the Spanish fleet tries to escape
the American blockade at Santiago harbor.
A naval battle ensues, and the Spanish fleet is
destroyed.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/images/12_battle2.jpg
Attempted Escape
of Spanish Fleet
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/12_santiago.html
Destroyed Spanish
Frigate
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/12_santiago.html
Consequences of
San Juan Hill




The victory of San Juan Hill boasts morale
and pride of the American people.
Spain loses control of its possessions in the
Caribbean.
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
emerge as national heroes.
San Juan Hill catapults Roosevelt’s political
career.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiedfw/445506874/