Theodore Roosevelt

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In June 1902, what act became the first major legislative achievement of Roosevelt's presidency?

National Reclamation Act

After his plan for the nomination in 1912 failed, Roosevelt formed what party?

Progressive Party or the Bull Moose Party

What did Teddy Roosevelt follow to build strength?

gymnastics and weightlifting

Why did Roosevelt become president?

William McKinley was assassinated

Being the youngest president in the nation's history, how old was Roosevelt when he took office?

42 years old

How many electoral votes did Woodrow Wilson win?

435

Roosevelt's _____________ domestic program included a promise to battle trusts.

"Square Deal"

What were Theodore Roosevelt's nicknames?

"Teedie" or "Teddy"

Roosevelt used a "__________" to the Monroe Doctrines to ensure that countries paid their international debts.

"corollary"

In what year did Roosevelt run unsuccessfully for mayor of NYC?

1886

Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in _____.

1880

How many acres of land did Roosevelt set aside for national forests, reserves, and wildlife refuges?

200 million acres

Roosevelt campaigned for McKinley, traveling by train for more than ____________________ miles to speak in _______ states.

21,000 miles; 24 states

Roosevelt was elected to the New York State Assembly at the age of _____ and served 2 terms.

23

Theodore Roosevelt became the _____ president.

26th

Who did Roosevelt marry?

Alice Hathaway Lee

After what battle in Cuba did Roosevelt return home as one of the war's most visible heroes?

Battle of San Juan

Early in his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt sparked a scandal when he invited the African-American educator ___________________ to dine with him and his family; he was the first president ever to entertain a black man in the White House.

Booker T. Washington

Roosevelt used his big-stick policy to help Panama secede from ________________ in order to begin construction of the Panama Canal.

Colombia

After the death of his wife, Roosevelt married who?

Edith Kermit Carow

After the Spanish-American War started in 1898, Roosevelt left his naval post to become colonel of the _______________________________, known as the ________________.

First US Volunteer Calvary; "Rough Riders"

In 1912, Roosevelt campaigned against _____ for the Republican nomination because he wasn't happy with Taft's policies.

Taft

In 1902, the government bought a suit against what company formed by James J. Hill, E.H. Harriman, and J.P. Morgan?

Northern Securities Company

In 1895, Roosevelt became president of the NYC Board of _________________, and in 1897 William McKinley named him as assistant secretary of the __________.

Police Commissioners; US Navy

Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations to end what war?

Russo-Japanese War

When did Roosevelt become president?

September 1901

On what date did Leon Czolgosz shoot McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York?

September 6, 1901

What act did Roosevelt pass?

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

In 1900, Republican _____________________ got Roosevelt named as McKinley's running mate.

Thomas C. Platt

True or False? He was the first president to win reelection after gaining the White House due to the death of his predecessor.

True

True or False? Roosevelt's run marked the most successful third-party effort in American history.

True

in 1888, President Harrison gave Roosevelt a job on the ____________________________________.

US Civil Service Commission

For the 1908 election, Roosevelt backed Secretary of War _________________________.

William Howard Taft

Roosevelt expressed the progressive belief that

government should mediate between conflicting forces in order to stabilize American society

What did Roosevelt try to break up?

industrial combinations

Roosevelt sought to bring the US out of its ____________ and fulfill its responsibility as a world power.

isolationism

Where did Roosevelt hunt big game, drive cattle, and work as a frontier sheriff?

on a ranch he owned in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory

Roosevelt confronted the bitter struggle between management and labor head-on and became known as the great "__________________."

trust-buster


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