Second Child of 4
Poor health and asthma attacks at night
Close to death from them
Dad thought he could beat asthma by being active
Interest in Zoology started when he was 7
Highly influenced by Father
Wouldn't take selfishness, cruelty, idleness, cowardness or lying
Homeschooled by tutors and parents
He was good at geography, history, biology, french, and german
Bad at math and classical language
Went to Harvard
Dad said “take care of your morals first, your health next, and finally your studies.”
Then went to Columbia
Dropped out of law school
Would have been back of speaker of house if McKinley hadn’t won
National Guard 1882 - 1886
Took him only a year to become commander and he stayed it until he resigned
Formed the First US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment - Rough Riders
The Battle of Kettle Hill was “best day of his life”
Won the 1898 gubernatorial election by 1%
Made sure to remain connected with middle-class political base
Was originally asked to run for Vice President in 1900 but won the Presidential election.
Served his first term without Vice President He planned to adhere to McKinley's policies
When he became president he shifted to a more populist direction by increasing anti-trust prosecutions
He is in the top five greatest U.S. Presidents of all time.
He passed the pure food and drug act.
He worked on conservation of natural resources.
Consumer protection plan
Cooperate busting
He issued 1081 executive orders.
He vigorously defended the permanent acquisition of the Philippines in the 1900 election campaign.
Roosevelt took an active interest in immigration. He had launched an extensive reorganization of the federal immigration depot at Ellis Island within months of assuming the presidency.
"We must Americanize in every way, in speech, in political ideas and principles, and in their way of looking at relations between church and state. We welcome the German and the Irishman who becomes an American. We have no use for the German or Irishman who remains such... He must revere only our flag, not only must it come first, but no other flag should even come second."