Theodore Roosevelt
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