Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States shortly after president William McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. Roosevelt had previously been McKinley’s vice president for only one year and when he took office at the age of 42, he became known as the youngest president in American history. Theodore, or “Teddy”, was a republican politician who, besides being vice president, had been the governor of the state of New York. The Harvard graduate became the assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy, followed by his promotion to colonel of the “Rough Riders”, America’s First Volunteer Calvary. He has been many things to this great nation, from a war hero to an international peace negotiator, but probably his most meaningful
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Roosevelt that specifically differentiated him from the other presidents before him, was his commitment to improve and support the citizens of America. His domestic policy in which he named, the “Square Deal”, reflected his ideas of progressivism and highlighted many political and societal changes for the benevolence of the people such as conserving natural resources, controlling corporations, and protecting consumers. By initiating his policy, Roosevelt demonstrated his commitment to reform American workplaces such as factories and mills, as well as enacting a welfare legislation across the country. If that wasn’t enough, Teddy took charge on national corporations and put them under federal regulation, for instance, he directed railroad companies and the fees they charged so that civilians weren’t overcharged to transport goods, etc. Lastly, Roosevelt asserted himself as an environmental president by generously setting aside 200 million acres of undeveloped land for conservation that would be used as national forests, wildlife refuges, and reserves. No administration before, and even many more today, accomplished what Mr. Roosevelt did for his country which he conveyed his love and passion for time after time, expanding his executive power in order to make his hopes into a …show more content…
His goals started with making other countries realize and accept America as a global power, able to take on any force that was thrown at them. Teddy took initiative on the construction of the Panama Canal; when U.S. naval commanders longed for a more efficient way to travel from the Pacific to Atlantic Oceans. Roosevelt consulted with the Columbian government who owned the land the canal would run through, and they reached an agreement with the U.S. paying them a flat fee, followed by an annual payment for passage. He also saw the importance of expanding the policies and influence of the Monroe Doctrine so that it included the U.S.’s right to oppose future European intervention in the Western Hemisphere as a whole and intervene, if necessary, in the domestic affairs of the Western Hemisphere nations, specifically Latin America, such as aiding them with their debt to international powers, etc. Roosevelt was mainly known for his blunt foreign policy that had the slogan, “speak softly and carry a big stick”, which referred to his peaceful negotiation habit mixed with the full might of the U.S. military to back him up. When Teddy inherited the potential, imperialistic power called America after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish-American War, it resulted in the U.S.’s territorial
Roosevelt that specifically differentiated him from the other presidents before him, was his commitment to improve and support the citizens of America. His domestic policy in which he named, the “Square Deal”, reflected his ideas of progressivism and highlighted many political and societal changes for the benevolence of the people such as conserving natural resources, controlling corporations, and protecting consumers. By initiating his policy, Roosevelt demonstrated his commitment to reform American workplaces such as factories and mills, as well as enacting a welfare legislation across the country. If that wasn’t enough, Teddy took charge on national corporations and put them under federal regulation, for instance, he directed railroad companies and the fees they charged so that civilians weren’t overcharged to transport goods, etc. Lastly, Roosevelt asserted himself as an environmental president by generously setting aside 200 million acres of undeveloped land for conservation that would be used as national forests, wildlife refuges, and reserves. No administration before, and even many more today, accomplished what Mr. Roosevelt did for his country which he conveyed his love and passion for time after time, expanding his executive power in order to make his hopes into a …show more content…
His goals started with making other countries realize and accept America as a global power, able to take on any force that was thrown at them. Teddy took initiative on the construction of the Panama Canal; when U.S. naval commanders longed for a more efficient way to travel from the Pacific to Atlantic Oceans. Roosevelt consulted with the Columbian government who owned the land the canal would run through, and they reached an agreement with the U.S. paying them a flat fee, followed by an annual payment for passage. He also saw the importance of expanding the policies and influence of the Monroe Doctrine so that it included the U.S.’s right to oppose future European intervention in the Western Hemisphere as a whole and intervene, if necessary, in the domestic affairs of the Western Hemisphere nations, specifically Latin America, such as aiding them with their debt to international powers, etc. Roosevelt was mainly known for his blunt foreign policy that had the slogan, “speak softly and carry a big stick”, which referred to his peaceful negotiation habit mixed with the full might of the U.S. military to back him up. When Teddy inherited the potential, imperialistic power called America after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish-American War, it resulted in the U.S.’s territorial