Theodore Roosevelt
After President William McKinley's assassination, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, who was almost forty three at the time, became the youngest president in the nation's history. He was the leader of the Progressive Movement and emerged as the "trust buster" and coined the phrase "Square Deal" to describe his agenda. Roosevelt was a model for masculinity and he had a love for nature, being a great outdoorsman. During the Spanish-American War, he formed a regiment called Rough Riders to fight in Cuba. This attack made little impact on the war, but it made people like Roosevelt even more. Roosevelt's presidency was full of |  |
accomplishments, including: the competion of the Panama Canal, the tour of the Great White Fleet, and the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to maintain balance of power in Asia by holding the Portsmouth Conference.
