1. Teddy Roosevelt 1858-1919

2. Youth Suffered from severe asthma as a young boy Gained confidence through physical training and learned to be strong. Did such activities as boxing and later rowing at Harvard.

3. Family ► His first wife and Mother died on the same day in 1884. ► He immediately left for the “Bad Lands” of North Dakota. There he dedicated his attention to working the cattle ranch that he had invested in. “Took the snob out of me”

4. Return to NY ► President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners ► Assistant Secretary of the Navy

5. The Spanish-American War, 1898 Battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor

6. Where was the war fought?

7. Major Stats of the War ► “A splendid little war” – 6 weeks ► 460 US soldiers died in battle (5,200 died from disease!)

8. Rough Riders ► Volunteer Regiment During Spanish-American War ► Victory at San Juan Hill ► Awarded Medal of Honor – in 2001!

9. Roosevelt Becomes President ► McKinley assassinated, Roosevelt takes over ► 26 th president (1901-1909) ► Bully Pulpit-How things “ought to be”

10. Roosevelt's Legacy ► National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations  230,000,000 acres

11. Legacy Cont. ► Panama Canal ► Football ► "Speak softly and carry a big stick.... "

12. “In life, as in football, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard” TEDDY ROOSEVELT “The Steward of the people”

13. Origin of “Teddy Bear” ► The famous bear hunt in 1902 ► Berryman’s political cartoon

14. Presidential Firsts ► First to invite an African American to a White House dinner ► First to have Secret Service protection ► First to win Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards ending the Russo-Japanese War ► First to take trip outside the United States

15. More Presidential Firsts ► First to give an open invitation to the press ► First to be submerged in a submarine, to own a car, to have a telephone in his home, and to be allowed to operate the light switches in the White House