Theodore Roosevelt

The Square Deal

 Theodore Roosevelt
 1900 McKinley ran for re-election with
Roosevelt as his running mate.
 Americans felt prosperous –
McKinley/Roosevelt won easily.
 People wanted T. Roosevelt to run for Vice-
President to get him out of state office.
 Sept 1901– McKinley shot – 8 days later he died
Roosevelt becomes President.
 Style
 Read page 537 “Bully Pulpit”
 Enthusiasm and energy
 Brought leadership to the Progressive
Movement.
 Renamed Executive Mansion the White House.
 Use the office as “bully pulpit” to speak out on
vital issues.
 Square Deal
 1904 Campaign slogan: “see to it that every man
has a square deal, no less and no more”
 1.) Limiting the power of trusts
 2.) promoting Public health and safety

 3.) improving working conditions

 Achievements
1. The Panama Canal
 2. The Rough Riders
 Led Calvary unit during Spanish-American War.
3. Protecting the Environment

 Doubled National Parks

 16 national monuments

 51 wildlife refuge
 The story of the Teddy Bear . . .

 Nearly 100 years ago, President Theodore

Roosevelt, went on a bear hunt. He enjoyed
nature and being out in the woods where
animals lived. Because he was the President of
the United States, the people organizing the
hunt wanted to make sure the hunt was
successful.
 But after 3 days of walking and climbing and
riding, no bears were found. Now what? The
President's bear hunt would be a failure!
The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs
finally found an old bear. The dogs and guide followed
the bear for quite a distance until the bear was very,
very tired. The dogs attacked and injured the old bear.
The guides tied the bear to a tree and called for the
President. Here was a bear for him to shoot!
President Roosevelt looked at the poor old bear
and said "no!" No one would shoot this old bear for
sport. That would not be right. However, the bear was
injured and suffering. President Roosevelt ordered that
the bear be put down to end its pain.
A political cartoonist by the name of Clifford
Berryman heard this story. A political cartoonist draws
about current events in the news. Mr. Berryman drew a
cartoon showing how President Roosevelt refused to
shoot the bear while hunting in Mississippi.
Teddy’s Bear
Mount Rushmore