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eodore Roosevelt was a man who did many things. He was a war veteran to a politician at the age of twenty-three, he was the president of the United States of America. Theodore Roosevelt was better known as Teddy Roosevelt. He took on the White House at the age of forty-two becoming the youngest President ever in the United States. He became President after the assassination of President William McKinley. Teddy Roosevelt was ready to take on the world and instead of being more isolated Teddy would evolve the United States into one of the most influential country's in the world. During the administration of Teddy Roosevelt the United States was involved in the world at every aspect of life, they were involved in political affairs, social affairs, …show more content…

Teddy attended and graduated Harvard college. He got married to a woman named Alice Hathaway Lee. He soon then joined the college Columbia Law School and dropped out after one year to enter into public services. Teddy was the elected to "New York State Assembly at the age of twenty-three, He served two term as State Assembly."(history.com-staff, 1) In 1884 Teddy's Mom and Wife died on the same day and after hearing about this he was sad and grieving so he went to his ranch he owned in the Dakota Territory. After two years Teddy returned to New York and when he did he "married his childhood sweat heart Edith Kermit Carow."(history.com-staff, 1) The two raised six children including one from his first marriage with Alice. In 1886 Teddy ran for mayor of New York City but was unsuccessful. Two years in the future "President Benjamin Harrison rewarded Teddy to service of the Republican party with a job on the …show more content…

Teddy was sworn in as the twenty-sixth President of the United States of America. As I said he was the youngest ever to take office. One of his first acts as President was the Square Deal. the Square Deal was the bill that states that "promised to battle large industrial combinations or trusts which threatened to restrain trade"(history.com-staff, 1) Roosevelt also loved wild life and nature and he saved "two hundred million acres of land for wild life refuges, national forest, and reserves."(history.com-staff, 1) Roosevelt was then running for his second term and won by a landslide. Soon after the victory of the second election Teddy then decided to help construct the Panama canal which was considered his best achievement proclaimed by Teddy him-self. The Panama Canal was the beginning af Teddy vision of the United States being involved around the world. The Roosevelt administration was focused on the United States being involved in the world. The United States helping with the Panama Canal put them in a powerful spot for trade which helped them economically and socially. The next big accomplishment of the Roosevelt administration was the "issue of a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the United States would bar foreign intervention in latin america and act to police the hemisphere ensuring that countries paid their international debts."(history.com-staff, 1) The Corollary to the