1. Theodore Roosevelt

2. Teddy Background –Born into a prominent family –Health issues –Kept him from doing too much athletic activities –Did them anyway –Went into law school

3. Teddy Early success –Panama Canal –Rough Riders –Governor of New York –Chosen as Vice President in 1900

4. Teddy William McKinley assassinated –Teddy Becomes president Immediately started reforming –Progressive ideas –Square deal Trustbuster –Took on major corporations Monopolies

5. Teddy Bureau of Corporations –Gentleman’s agreement Social Welfare –Meat Inspection Act –Pure Food and Drug Act Conservationist –Yosemite

6. Teddy Legacy –Changed the way people viewed government and presidency –Left office in 1908 Built America into more powerful country than it had ever been