Teddy Roosevelt Notes 1-10

1. During _________ gained a national reputation as he had been the Undersecretary of the Navy who resigned and led the _________ , who famously captured San Juan Hill in Cuba towards the end of the war.

SPAM, Rough Riders

2. With that National Reputation TR became _______ of ___ ____. And immediately targeted Tammany Hall and the corruption of the city

Governor or New York

3. To the chagrin of Republicans TR also targeted ______ ______ demanding better working conditions and living conditions for the immigrants of New York City.  He became enormously popular among the masses but less so among the Republican party bosses.

Robber Barons

4. In 1900 ________ was running for his second term as President and he asked TR to become VP.  Despite serious concerns about the position, his sense of service won out and TR accepted and hated the “job”.

McKinley

5. 1901 Leon _______ murdered McKinley at the World's Fair elevating TR to the Presidency.  Czolgosz had been an anarchist, the whole world now changed.

Leon Czolgosz

6. Domestically TR began his Square Deal which included:

Settle Strikes, Regulate Transportation (Rail Roads), Break Trusts, Conservation

7. TR was the first President in American history to care at all about the Environment and created the ________ ____ _______.  This law took millions of acres of land and put it out of corporate reach

National Park Service

8. In 1905 TR using the Sherman Antitrust Act sued -- ———- attempting to break up one of his monopolies.  The ______ ______ were hereby put on notice that they were not above the law.

J.P. Morgan, Robber Barons

9. TR was the first President  in history to have an African-American guest at a White House dinner.  ______ _ __________ was TR’s guest signaling a new era in American history.  TR was vilified throughout the South for this gesture.  ______ _ _________ believed in: (2 things)

   These positions became known as his “_______ __________”

Booker T. Washington, Education (HBCU), Economic Opportunity, “Atlanta Compromise”

10. TR’s other famous dinner guest was _____ ________ who wrote “___ ______”.  After their dinner TR got ____ ____ ___ ____ ___ passed making manufacturers list their ingredients on all packages of food and medicine.  This law would later set the stage for the ____ ___ ____ ______________.

Upton Sinclair, “The Jungle”, Pure Food and Drug Act, Food and Drug Administration