Theodore Roosevelt
Mitchell Webb
“Believe you can and you're halfway there” - Teddy R.
Birthday/Deathday
¨ Born on October 27, 1858 at 28 East 20th St., in New York City.
¨ Died on January 6, 1919
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
- An American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States
- First American to win the Nobel Peace prize
- First president to travel outside the US (Panama 1906)
- Youngest president at that time (43 years)
- The third head of Mount Rushmore
What he did
- Helped solve disputes over Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Morocco
- Solved many international problems
- Sought to regulate, rather than dissolve, most trusts
- Thought of the idea of the Panama Canal
- Published a book, The Naval War of 1812