Viewing Guide: The Presidents
"#26 - Theodore Roosevelt"
1.
What happened to William McKinley in Buffalo, New York?
2.
What did Theodore Roosevelt use to get what he wanted when it came to politics?
3.
When Roosevelt becomes president, it was a toss-up of who the most powerful man
in the country was. Theodore Roosevelt or _____ __________.
4.
What does Roosevelt do to J.P. Morgan’s monopoly?
5.
Roosevelt brought the two sides together (miners & owners) and forged a settlement that favored
______________ over management.
6.
What Roosevelt had in mind for foreign policy, however would be much more ________________.
7.
Roosevelt felt Americans had a responsibility to _________________ the rest of the world.
8.
Roosevelt more than anyone believed that Americans needed a canal through the Central American
isthmus owned by ________________.
9.
What happened when this government didn’t agree with Roosevelt about the price for the canal?
10. When the Panama Canal was completed it became one of the _________________ of the world.
11. What does Roosevelt invoke to make sure the U.S. stayed in power in the Western Hemisphere?
12. Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
What does “speak softly” mean?
What does “big stick mean”?
13. How many acres of land did Roosevelt preserve for our country?
14. Who did Roosevelt handpick as his successor?
"Believe you can
and you're
halfway there."
-Theodore Roosevelt