Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt

• BY Dallas Coker

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Early Life

• Born October 27, 1858
• Parents were Martha Bulloch and Theodore Sr.
• Age 18 he went to Harvard University
• 1878 his father died of cancer

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Life Before President

• Married Alice Hathaway Lee
• Two days after giving birth to there daughter
  Alice died of kidney disease
• She died the same day as Theodore's mother
• The sister took care of the baby Anna

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Spanish American War

• Theodore was the general of the Rough Riders
• His soldiers were called the Rough Riders
• The Hispanics joined with the African American
  Soldiers called Cavalries

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Election

• Theodore was elected vice president for McKinley.
• McKinley got shot and Theodore became president

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Life as President

• Big Companies charged unfair prices and weren't
  paying their employees enough money
• Roosevelt helped unions
• Created 150 million acres of National parks and
  forests
• Passed the law to build the Panama Canal

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The Weird Election

• 1909 Theodore didnt want to run for reelection
• He campaigned for Taft
• Theodore disliked the things Taft did as
  president
• Theodore ran for president again but lost to
  Woodrow Wilson

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Life After President

• 1909 went to Africa
• Traveled to Europe, Germany, Sweden, and England
• 1918 Theodore was in bad health and died January
  6, 1919 of rheumatism

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Fun Facts

• His children were called the White House Gang
• Loved to play with animals
• Nickname was Teddy
• If Theodore's nickname wasnt teddy we wouldn't
  have teddy bears