Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency And Why He Was Successful

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An Analysis of Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidency and Why He Was Successful Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States and a massive success.Teddy spoke of the problems of the country at the time and he made sure to crush them (New Nationalism Speech). He was a progressive who achieved great strides in regulations for industry, presidential powers, and individual rights. During his time as president he was active in world politics and even broke up the Russo-Japanese war (which got him a Nobel prize). Roosevelt is most known for his “trust-busting” of major corporations to stop monopolies from forming (at the end of his second term he had busted 44 trusts (Britannica)). The biggest impact of TR’s presidency is his