TH
1901-1909

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 known by his initials—TR
 called by nicknames—Teddy,
Trustbuster
 immortalized as a toy
 seen in the media with his family
 a Nobel Peace Prize winner
 committed to the cause of conservation
 considered the “steward of the people”
 Roosevelt was the youngest man to be president at 42
1902

When
Roosevelt invited
Washington to the White
House, he stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy
—opponents charged he favored
“race mingling.”
Campaign supporters in 1904 used this picture showing a light skinned Washington to help put a positive spin on the event.

 Coal Strike (1902)
 Panama Canal Rights Acquired (1904)
 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine (1904-1905)
 Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
 Won Nobel Peace Prize (1906)
 Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
1901-1909
M a j o r Ev e nt s
W h i l e i n O f f i c e

 The Coal Strike (1902) was a strike by the United Mine Workers in the anthracite coal fields of eastern PA.
 Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union.
 The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities.
1902 COAL
STRIKE


Roosevelt became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike.
 The strike never resumed, as the miners received more pay for fewer hours; the owners got a higher price for coal, and did not recognize the trade union as a bargaining agent.
 It was the first labor episode in which the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator.

Nominee
Party
Home state
Running mate
Electoral vote
States carried
Popular vote
Theodore
Roosevelt
Republican
New York
Charles W.
Fairbanks
336
32
7,630,457
Alton B. Parker
Democratic
New York
Henry G. Davis
140
13
5,083,880
1904
ELECTION

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THE
SQUARE
DEAL
" We m u s t t r e a t e a c h m a n o n h i s w o r t h a n d m e r i t s a s a m a n . We m u s t s e e t h a t e a c h i s g i v e n a s q u a re d e a l , b e ca u se h e i s e n t i t l e d t o n o m o r e a n d s h o u l d r e ce i v e n o l e s s . T h e w e l f a r e o f e a c h o f u s i s d e p e n d e nt f u n d a m e nta l l y u p o n t h e w e l f a r e o f a l l o f u s . "
N ew Yo r k S ta te

On the environment
 Involved in the founding of the
Am. Museum on Nat. Hist. since its founding in 1869
 1902 Reclamation Service
 1903 Pelican Isl. Bird Reserve
 1905 Bureau of Forestry
 1906 National Antiquities Act
GIFFORD
PINCHOT,
CHIEF
FORESTER

Roosevelt relished the
United States role as the
Western
Hemisphere’s policemen created by the
Roosevelt
Corollary.
1905

1907-1909
THE GREAT
WHITE
FLEET
“ I h av e a l w ay s b e e n fo n d o f t h e We s t
A f r i ca n p ro v e r b : " S p e a k s o f t l y a n d ca r r y a b i g st i c k ; y o u
w i l l g o f a r . "

Roosevelt &
John Muir