1. Theodore Roosevelt

2. Childhood Born Oct. 27, 1858 in NYC Born into a wealthy family
Suffered from extremely bad asthma
Overcame his asthma
Was an athlete at Harvard
boxing, wrestling, and rowing
Nicknamed Teddy or TR

3. Early adult life and tragedy
1881 entered politics
NY assemblyman
February 14, 1884
Mother and wife both die in the same house on the same day
Wife, Alice, died due to kidney failure (he named their daughter Alice after her mom)
Mother, Martha, dies of typhoid fever

4. Time in the Dakota Territory (1884-86)
Left politics that year
Moved to the Dakota Territory to get away from everything
His daughter stayed with his sister
Lived as a cowboy and frontiersman
Felt revitalized when he returned in 1886

5. Spanish American War
1898; he left his job as Ast. Sec. of the Navy to fight the Spanish.
Lt. Colonel of volunteer cavalry unit “Rough Riders”
Led charges on San Juan Hill and Kettle Hills in Cuba
War hero. Posthumously awarded Medal of Honor in 2001

7. President Roosevelt Became VP for McKinley in 1900
September 1901 become President after McKinley’s death
42 years old when he became president (youngest ever)

8. Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy motto: “speak softly and carry a big stick”
Constructed the Panama Canal
Peacemaker for Russo- Japanese War
Receives Nobel Peace Prize

9. Domestic Issues Broke up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Square Deal
Created the National Parks Systems

10. National Parks He was a hunter. Teddy Bear is named after him
He wanted to conserve nature for future generations
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
Glacier
Yellowstone

12. Children 6 children Alice, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald Quentin
pilot killed in WWI
Theodore Jr.
Medal of Honor recipient
Only General to land with 1st wave on D-Day

13. Death
Died January 6, 1919
Died in his sleep

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