1. Bell Work
What qualities does a good president have?

2. “Walk quietly and carry a big stick!”
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
“Walk quietly and carry a big stick!”

3. Teddy Roosevelt Born in New York Very active athlete & outdoorsman
Born in NY, when he was born doctors said that he would probably never reach his teenage years because he was sickly, from a wealthy family, read a lot when he was younger, graduated from Harvard University
Loved to hunt, hike, swim, fish, boxing,

4. ROUGH RIDERS
joined the army and started a unit called the “Rough Riders”
fought in the Spanish American war
Roosevelt & the Rough Riders on San Juan Hill
Spanish American War (Spain & US), sinking of the Maine, war in Cuba, US gets Puerto Rico, Philipines, & Guam

5. Teddy becomes President!
President McKinley was elected as the 25th & Teddy Roosevelt was his Vice President
In 1901, he was shot and killed by an anarchist
SO……
At first Teddy was not liked at all by many of the current government officials. They referred to him as the “crazy cowboy”.
In 1901, Teddy Roosevelt took over as President

6. Teddy as President
Was known as a bully pulpit because he bullied members of Congress into doing what he wanted
One way Teddy often got his way was by using his power as President

7. Trustbuster breaking up trusts (or monopolies)
Campaign slogan for 1904 was the Square Deal – meaning everyone should get a “square deal”: the workers, business, & consumers
Broke up more than 40 businesses that were eating up the “little guy”, helped Ida Tarbell defeat Standard Oil & split up the railroads,

8. Conservationist Created many national parks & the US Forest Service
John Muir & Gifford Pinchot, Newlands Reclamation Act

9. Social Reformer
Worked on making slaughter houses, textile mills, and other industrial businesses safer for the workers
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food & Drug Act
Fought to reform some of the many problems the industrial revolution brought to the US,
Meat Inspection Act- federal inspection of meat shipped across date lines
Pure Food & Drug Act- forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food & patent medicine containing harmful ingredients, carry accurate ingredient lables

10. Political Cartoon Activity