Teddy Roosevelt: Giving America a Square Deal The teddy bear might be named after Teddy Roosevelt (TR) but don’t let that fool you. Teddy Roosevelt was as strong as a bull moose. On October 14th, 1912 Roosevelt was the victim of an association attempt outside a Milwaukee hotel. The bullet was slowed from the prepared speech in his pocket. Instead of being rushed to the hospital TR insisted on delivering his speech first (Klein, par. 1). TR showed the crowd his bloody shirt and said, “It takes more than that to kill a bull moose” (Klein, par. 4). This act displayed Roosevelt’s true toughness and reminded everyone why they loved him. Throughout his presidency Teddy displayed toughness in doing what was right, standing up for what he believed …show more content…
Mckinley and Roosevelt won the election. On September 6th, 1901 President Mckinley was twice in the chest (History.com Staff, par. 1). “President Mckinley Is Shot” also states that Mckinley would die 8 days later leaving Teddy to take over (History.com Staff, par. 2). When in office Teddy immediately recognized the need for a canal between North and South America. According to Millercenter.org, “during the war with Spain, American ships in the Pacific had to steam around the tip of South America in two-month voyages to join the U.S. fleet off the coast of Cuba” (sec. 6). The United States started negotiations with Britain for a strip of land through Panama, which was owned by Colombia. Columbia backed out of the agreement and America responded by setting up a naval blockade to prevent troops from landing in Panama. Eventually in 1903 TR made a treaty with Panama that gave America control of the land for a large sum of money (Miller Center, sec. 6). Roosevelt’s Secretary of State John M. Hay played a huge part in helping Teddy secure the treaty with Panama to build the canal (“John M. Hay” par. 5). Hay helped Roosevelt’s toughness by helping him come to an agreement with Columbia and how he helped American ships save travel time. The canal would save American ship captain and crews looking to get from one side of America to the other 7,872 miles (Morgan par. …show more content…
Although the Sherman Antitrust Act was already in place to prevent monopolies it was not effective at all. TR filled a law suit against the Northern Securities Company. The Northern Securities Company was a railroad company owned by wealthy entrepreneur J.P. Morgan. In 1904 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against J.P. Morgan and his company was shut down (Miller Center, sec. 5) Millercenter.org states that, “the high court 's action was a major victory for the administration and put the business community on notice that although this was a Republican administration, it would not give business free rein to operate without regard for the public welfare” (sec. 5). While the case was in progress in 1903, Roosevelt passed the Elkins Act that would end railroad companies giving shipping rebates to the companies they chose. Big companies shipped goods for a large sum lower than smaller companies could. This act was not very effective though so Roosevelt passed the Hepburn Act in 1996. The Hepburn Act strengthened the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), which allowed the ICC to regulate shipping rates on railroads. TR believed that big business was essential for a maturing economy and saw no need to get rid of it (Miller Center, sec. 5). He wanted to break up the bad trust in American business. He would file forty three suits against major corporations over his tenure. These suits
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States of America. Roosevelt took an active role in reform. His policies were called the Square Deal, a phrase that means fair treatment. Roosevelt promised to give fair treatment to all aspects of the economy—industry, workers, and the American public. He believed that all elements should work together for the common good. Under the Square Deal, Roosevelt increased federal regulation of industry. The Northern Securities court case illustrates Roosevelt’s emphasis on government
Roosevelt presidency is distinguished by his deduction by making America one of the best country in the world. He demonstrates his desire of improving the status of America by making distinguished decision. The Panama Canal is an example. Known as one of the greatest engineering feats in all of history, the Panama Canal is an essential asset for international trade and travel today that President Roosevelt helped expedite the completion by providing tacit approval of the Panama revolution with funds and a naval blockade preventing Colombian troops from landing in Panama (McCullough 364). Although the U.S needed to get permission to build the canal from the country of Colombia, because Panama was part of that country, Roosevelt did not give up on the project since this idea was what many people wanted as an easier way to travel to and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Building the Panama Canal was an incredibly difficult challenge (David). However, there were other country at that time with the money and engineering talent to succeed on such a vast project but didn't have . As an example the French and many previous United State presidents had tried years before to attain this goal, but had ended by giving up since the work included gigantic engineering projects, such as the series of locks that raised the ships from sea level to the level of the canal, and then lowered them back to sea level at the other end (David). This canal portrayed a much greater use than travel and trade, it helped bring two worlds together. This amazing project also converted the Panama Canal Zone into a major area for American military forces, making the United States the dominant military power in Central America ( Miller Center). This action take by Roosevelt influence others, since he was the only president
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Despite an attack of poliomyelitis, which paralyzed his legs in 1921, he was a charismatic optimist whose confidence helped sustain the American people during the strains of economic crisis and world war.
After the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt inherited a growing empire when he took office in 1901. The U.S. had annexed Hawaii in 1898 and Spanish-American War granted the U.S. control of the Philippines. It also led the U.S. to establish a protectorate over Cuba and grant territorial status for Puerto Rico. By taking on the Philippine Islands as an American colony after the Spanish-American War he had ended the U.S.'s isolation from international politics. Theodore Roosevelt believed that nations should pursue a strenuous life and do their part to maintain peace and order. It was also a belief that civilized nations had the duty of modernizing the barbarous ones. He also pushed for a bigger army and navy and by the end of his presidency he had built the U.S. Navy into a major force at sea.
Roosevelt's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine set up the U.S. as a policeman in the western hemisphere. Under TR, the U.S. empire extended to include the Philippines, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. He also oversaw the building of the Panama Canal, a tremendous feat that enhanced U.S. commerce immeasurably. On the other side, Wilson was determined to revise the imperialist practices of earlier administrations, promising independence to the Philippines and making Puerto Ricans American citizens. But Wilson's own policies could sometimes be high-handed.
Next, he built the Panama Canal to protect both seas of America.
...he government to the ordinary people as explained in July 5, 1892 by the Omaha Morning World –Herald (Doc F). Lastly, the laws for the regulation of businesses was enforces until President Theodore Roosevelt had also contributed by suing companies that violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
One of his accomplishments was when he went down in of the United States’ first submarines to show officers and men who were enlisted that he was not going to ask them to try something that he was not willing to try himself. Other successes for President T. Roosevelt was his involvement in the Alaskan-Canadian border dispute and his involvement in the Algeciras Conference – which avoided a war. Roosevelt’s main accomplishments during his second term were the Hepburn Bill, the Pure Food and Drug Act, The Panic of 1907, and creating the first wildlife refuge. Toward the end of his second term, Teddy started thinking about who would be the best fit for the next president. He had it between William Howard Taft and Elihu Root, but in the end thought that Taft would be the best bet and America agreed with him when Taft was up against William Jennings Bryan in the
Over the course of the Spanish-American war , the obvious need for a canal came apparent.The canal would stregthen the navy, and it would make easier defense of the islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The problem of where to build the canal came into play. Congress rejected Nicaragua and Panama was an unwilling part of this project. The course of the building was shifted to Colu...
One way they tried to better the economy was eliminating monopolies. Monopolies were companies that took control over small businesses which would decrease competition and that would harm consumers because they did not have a variety of companies and usually the prices would be very high. Some famous monopolies were Rockefeller's oil company, J.P. Morgan’s railroad company, and Carnegie’s steel company. These monopolies would limit competition meaning consumers were stuck on purchasing goods from them. Usually these individuals would lower prices to attract customers but once they had a lot of customers they would raise prices. Theodore Roosevelt was against bad trusts because he believed that they would harm the economy by raising prices for consumers but he favored the good trusts because he was able to regulate them and allowed them to have low prices (Doc A). The Sherman Antitrust Act was created to try and eliminate monopolies however, these monopolies did not respect the Sherman Antitrust Act because the supreme court said that the act only applied to commerce not manufacturing. When president Woodrow Wilson was in office, the Sherman Antitrust Act was later more clarified by the Clayton Antitrust Act. The Clayton Antitrust Act made it “unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, either directly or indirectly to discriminate in price between different purchasers of
In 1890 the Congress of the United States passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, this act was passed to promote Compton in the field where there may be a monopoly, by breaking up the company (Lowman 372). But it would not be until 1902 that this Act would be put to use, when Northern Securities Company was put on trial (Lowman 451). Theodore Roosevelt was the President at this time, and earned himself the nickname trustbuster, "because he used this tactic so frequent in his presidency. He put other policies in commission, which made it even easier to convict companies. One of these was the Expedition Act; the Act was put in place to speed up the antitrust cases in the courts" (Lowman 452).
Leaders are criticized every day for the things they say or do, also for what they haven’t said or done. Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficult, dangerous, and painful situations without fear. It takes a special person to be a leader and Theodore Roosevelt was a person of courage he had thick skin in more ways than one. On October 12, 1912 Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin a man standing in the crowd aiming a gun to his head, pulled the trigger hitting Roosevelt in the right chest. At first he didn’t realize he had been shot until noticing a hole in his overcoat. He checked under his coat his fingers were covered in blood. Fortunately, the bullet struck his case for his glasses and the copy of his speech, he refused to go to the hospital until he was done giving an 80 minute speech. As he was finishing up told the crowd, “It takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose”. Theodore Roosevelt stood the test of courage that day in
Theodore Roosevelt stepped into head of office on September 19, 1901 when President William McKinley was assassinated. He was the youngest man to become president. His motto was “speak softly but carry a big stick.” President Roosevelt would come into power offering America the square deal. He would take the power away from the industrialists as he controlled big business from the White House. He would soon become known as a TrustBuster. Roosevelt used American power for American interests and was quoted as saying, “I am an American first and last. “ Although some historians argue that Roosevelt acted like a six-year-old throughout his presidency and that he didn’t think things through, ie “he thought with his hips”, one can admire the tremendous leadership qualities that Teddy Roosevelt had. First, he was a very bold man who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. The average citizen was aware of what a “positive, warm and tough, authoritative and funny” president that they had leading them. His leadership qualities stemmed from his time as a New York state Assembly man, a deputy sheriff, a ...
The era of the Great Depression was by far the worst shape the United States had ever been in, both economically and physically. Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932 and began to bring relief with his New Deal. In his first 100 days as President, sixteen pieces of legislation were passed by Congress, the most to be passed in a short amount of time. Roosevelt was re-elected twice, and quickly gained the trust of the American people. Many of the New Deal policies helped the United States economy greatly, but some did not. One particularly contradictory act was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was later declared unconstitutional by Congress. Many things also stayed very consistent in the New Deal. For example, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Social Security, since Americans were looking for any help they could get, these acts weren't seen as a detrimental at first. Overall, Roosevelt's New Deal was a success, but it also hit its stumbling points.
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