Roosevelt = 26 pres.

Of USA
Accomplishments
- Panama Canal – US as a world power
- Governor of New York in 1898
- Taxed Utility Companies
- Water
- Electricity
- V.P w/ Mckinley - 1900 – Tamany hall gave him promotion to get rid of him.
- September 14 1901 – Mckinley was killed
- T.R = youngest Pres. ever - 42 years old
- “Speak softly and carry a big stick (navy power).”
- 1st Pres. to enforce the Sherman Anti-trust act
- Shocked businesses and Wall street
- Signed executive order for 5 national parks
- 1000’s of acres under federal protection
- You can't use that land for material
- Big businesses were unhappy
- 1906 S.F earthquake
- $2.5M to USA Red X
- Teddy Roosevelt tried to make peace in a war that has nothing to do with the United
States – he was successful
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- 1907 - Oklahoma is a state