Transcript Teddy Roosevelt

TEDDY
ROOSEVELT
“Walk Softly and
carry a big stick!”
Objectives:
• Students will be introduced to Teddy
Roosevelt and see what he was like as a
man and a president
• Students will create a political cartoon
dealing with an aspect of Roosevelt’s
presidency
Overarching Question
What did Roosevelt do to earn immortalization at
Mount Rushmore? Most people can easily
answer why the others figures were chosen.
So……………..after studying about the life and
work of Theodore Roosevelt, YOU decide why
YOU THINK he was placed among such
prestigious company (George Washington the father of our country, Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence, and
Abraham Lincoln - the “Great Emancipator”
who united the country.
Teddy Roosevelt
• born in New York
• when he was born, doctors said
that he would probably never
reach his teenage years (sickly)
• lived though his childhood and
became an active young man
• eventually graduated from
Harvard University
Very involved young man…
• as a young man, Teddy liked to participate in many
activities including:
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hunting
fishing
hiking
swimming
boxing
The general idea was…if you could do it outside, Teddy
was doing it!!!
This led to him eventually joining the Army
ROUGH RIDERS
• Teddy joined the army
and started a unit called
the “Rough Riders” that
were well respected for
their abilities….
• fought in the Spanish
American war
Roosevelt and the Rough
Riders on San Juan Hill
So how did this
rough, tough,
loud, cowboy
get to be
President of
the United
States?
•President McKinley was elected as the 25th
President of the United States
•He had selected Teddy Roosevelt as his
Vice President to secure more votes
•In 1901, he was shot and killed by an
anarchist
SO……
In 1901, Teddy Roosevelt took over as
President of the United States
At first, Teddy was not liked at all by many
of the current government officials! They
referred to him as the “crazy cowboy”.
Roosevelt as President
The Square Deal
• A fair shake for all
• Pure Food and Drug Act of
1906
• Meat Inspection Act of 1906
From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
“There would be meat that had tumbled out on
the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the
workers had trampled and spit uncounted
billions of germs. There would be meat stored in
rooms and thousands of rats would race about
it..A man could run his hand over these piles of
meat and sweep handfuls of dried rat dung.
These rats were nuisances, and packers would put
poisoned bread out for them; they would die, and
then the rats, bread, and meat would go into the
hoppers together…
Consumer protection
Background-US meatpackers were
unsanitary. European countries were
threatening an ban on all American meat
imports. US consumers were demanding
action
Sinclair’s Jungle-Upton Sinclair was a
socialist. Goal was to focus attention on
the plight of the workers in the food
industry. Instead appeals to the pubic with
the description of unsanitary conditions.
Roosevelt Responds-TR appointed a
commission that confirmed Sinclair’s
Jungle. Meat Inspection Act (1906) meat
shipped over state lines was subject to
inspection. Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
prevent the mislabeling of foods and drugs
“THE JUNGLE” LEADS TO
FOOD REGULATION
• After reading The
Jungle by Upton
Sinclair, Roosevelt
pushed for passage of
the Meat Inspection
Act of 1906
• The Act mandated
cleaner conditions for
meatpacking plants
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
The Pure Food and Drug Act took
medicines with cocaine and other
harmful ingredients off the
market
• In response to
unregulated claims and
unhealthy products,
Congress passed the
Pure Food and Drug Act
in 1906
• The Act halted the sale
of contaminated foods
and medicines and
called for truth in
labeling
Bully Pulpit
• One way Teddy often
times got his way was
by using his power as
President
• this was called the
“bully pulpit” because
he bullied members of
Congress into doing
what he wanted!!!
Trustbuster
• Teddy Roosevelt is
perhaps most well
know for breaking up
trusts (or monopolies)
• broke up more than
40 business that were
eating up the “little
guy”
• helped Ida Tarbell
defeat Standard Oil
Conservationist
• Teddy’s love for the
outdoors also led him
to work at saving the
US wild areas
• He worked with his
good friend and fellow
conservationist
Gifford Pinchott
Civil Rights Pioneer
• Teddy was the first
President to invite a
black man to the
White House for
dinner
• His name was Booker
T. Washington
Active Outdoorsman
• Even as President,
Teddy liked to
participate in outdoor
activities
• loved to hunt and fish
• boxed in the back
yard of the White
House
• played with his kids
Social Reformer
• Teddy fought to reform
some of the many
problems the industrial
revolution had brought
to the US
• Worked on making
slaughter houses,
textile mills, and other
industrial complexes
more safe for common
man
Panama Canal: Roosevelt’s Most
Famous Foreign Policy Initiative
Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama in 1906.
Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft
• Theodore
Roosevelt with
incoming
President
William Howard
Taft on Taft's
inauguration day
in 1909
TAFT LOSES POWER
• Taft was not popular
with the American
public nor reform
minded Republicans
• By 1910, Democrats
had regained control
of the House of
Representatives
Taft called the Presidency, “The
lonesomest job in the world”
The Progressive Reform Era (1890–1920)
1912 Election: 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat
Taft Splits the Party-Taft dumped policies of
Roosevelt and turns to the Republican Old Guard. TaftRoosevelt split the Republican votes ensuring a
Democratic victory
Roosevelt’s Bull Moose-Denied the 1912
Republican nomination, TR forms Progressive (Bull
Moose) Party. Roosevelt demands a more active
government role in economic and social affairs.
Democrats Win-Wilson wins presidency despite
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only earning 41% of the popular vote (Taft and
Roosevelt combined to get more votes than Wilson).
Wilson win the electoral vote 435-88-8 . Democrats will
enact many progressive reforms.
An Older Theodore Roosevelt
• Agony over the death
of Quentin in World
War I
• "Grandfather"
Roosevelt hugs baby
granddaughter Edith
Roosevelt Derby,
1918.
Roosevelt’s Death
• "The old lion is
dead."
• Photo shows the
burial of Theodore
Roosevelt, January
1919 in Young’s
Memorial
Cemetery, Oyster
Bay, NY.
Presidential Firsts
• First to invite an African American to a
White House dinner
• First to have Secret Service protection
• First to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his
work towards ending the Russo-Japanese
War
• First to take a trip outside the United
States
More Presidential Firsts
• First to give an open invitation to the
press
• First to be submerged in a submarine,
to own a car, to have a telephone in
his home, and to be allowed to
operate the light switches in the White
House
Teddy as a National Icon
• Many people looked at Teddy Roosevelt
as the “way a President should be”
• “Teddy Bear” named after Roosevelt
• he was a progressive President
– means he fought for the common man
Due to his robust nature, he was made the
subject of a countless number of political
cartoons
Take a look….
• most of these
cartoons showed
Teddy attacking some
foe with this physical
ability