Theodore Roosevelt's Personality

Theodore Roosevelt overall was an astounding president through both his terms of presidency. In 1901, when Roosevelt was McKinley’s Vice President, he did not expect nor did he wish to become president. Unfortunately, when Mckinley was assassinated, Roosevelt was thrusted into the presidency and became the youngest progressive president at the age of 42. Through his presidency, Roosevelt gained the trust and the love of the American citizens. He represented the new progressive movement by improving foreign policy, trusting busting as well as improving foods/drugs that were being sold to the American consumers and so much more.
Roosevelt believed that being president came with the responsibility of communicating with the American public, which

During his presidency, Roosevelt was able to gain the Panama Canal. Originally when Roosevelt was interested in building the Panama Canal, Panama was under Colombian rule. Roosevelt proceeded to give a proposition to buy the 10 mile long canal from Columbia, but unfortunately they declined the offer in hopes of being offered more money. What Columbia could not have known was that the Panamanian people were planning a revolution to free themselves of Colombian rule and that Roosevelt was going to secretly aid them with the thought of getting the Panama Canal in mind. The Panama revolution last a short three days with the secret aid of America, and what soon followed was that other countries such as Japan, Britain, and of course the United States of America recognized the independence of Panama. When Panama signed the treaty to claim their independence, Roosevelt quickly stepped in and offered them a whooping $10 million for the 10 mile long canal and the Panamanian people agreed in a

One way he improved life throughout his presidency in America was through domestic legislation such as the Hepburn Act, Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Hepburn Act passed in 1906 which imposed strict control over railroads and gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set the maximum railroad rates making ICC more powerful. In addition to the Hepburn Act that was passed in 1906, was the Meat Inspection Act was passed because Roosevelt was deeply disgusted by what he read in Upton Sinclair’s book published as “The Jungle.” When Roosevelt came to a realization with the horrendously disgusting conditions and the recklessly processed meat within the food industry, he intervened by passing the law which allowed the federal government to inspect the quality of meat products to ensure that it was safe for the American consumers. Another act that was similar to the Meat Inspection Act was noted as the Pure Food and Drug Inspection act. This act was passed in hopes of regulating the products that were being sold to American consumers to prevent false advertising and to inform the consumers about the ingredients/products that they were going to be intaking, banning poisonous foods, drugs, and medicine. Furthermore, President Roosevelt was not only an imperialist, but he was a great conservationist. He believed