The assassination of President McKinley, though tragic, directly resulted in Theodore Roosevelt taking office, arguably the most effective and influential president in American history. It has been stated “Teddy Roosevelt’s accidental presidency, made possible by an assassin’s bullet, profoundly changed the course of the century”. Roosevelt had strong ethical morals, believing that poverty and lack of opportunity breaded crime and radicalism. He was determined to destroy the social conditions that produced men like Leon Czolgosz. Teddy Roosevelt’s accidental presidency was extremely influential in the course of American history. He was a strong advocate for expansion of national parks eventually adding 150 million acres of forestland in the
