ROOSEVELT 



ROOSEVELT 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON 

 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



Outline 



I. Yearn of Preparation 



(1) Ancestry and birth 



(2) Boyhood and youth 



(3) Education 



(4) Law study 



(5) Early political activities 



II. A National Figure 



(1) Assistant Secretary of the Navy 



(2) In Spanish- American War . 



(3) Governor of New York 



(4) Elected Vice-President 



III. IIU Administration 



( 1 ) Death of President McKInley 

 Legislative affairs 



(a) Reorganization of army and navy 



(b) Chinese Exclusion Act 



(c) Reclamation Act 



(d) Department of Commerce and 



Labor created 



(e) Railway Rate Act 



(f) Bureau of Immigration estab- 



lished 



(g) Pure-food law 



(h) Antitrust legislation 



(3) Foreign affairs 



(a) Panama Canal question 



(b) Venezuela controversy 



(c) San Domingo 



(d) Reciprocity with Cuba 



(e) Insurrection In Cuba, and Ameri- 



can provisional government 



(f) Treaty of Portsmouth 



(g) Cruise of United States fleet 



around the world 



(4) Internal affairs 



(a) Anthracite coal strike 



(b) Expositions 



1. Louisiana Purchase 



2. Lewis and Clark 



(c) San Francisco earthquake and flre 



(d) Laying of Pacific Cable 



(e) Admission of Oklahoma 



IV. Later Life, and Character 



(1) African explorations 



(2) Breach with Republican party 



(3) Formation of Progressive party 



(4) South American travels 



(5) Activities during War of the Nations 



(6) Character summary 



(7) Publications 



Questions 



What actions of the President's alienated the conservative members of his party 

 during his administration? 



What handicaps did Roosevelt have to overcome in his youth? 



Why can he be called with justice the "most versatile man who has ever taken 

 a part in American public life?" 



In what way, besides his actual participation in the struggle, did Roosevelt help 

 to win the Spanish-American War? 



What unusual honor was shown him when he was twenty-three years old? When 

 he was twenty-five? 



How did he sum up his ideas of the methods to be employed in dealing with 

 men in politics? 



How did the cartoons current during his term aa president of the police board 

 show his attitude toward his work? 



When was he elected to a high office that his party might be rid of him? 



When did he, according to good authority, help to foment a revolution, and what 

 waa the general opinion concerning his action? 



What two exploring trips did he take after his terms aa President, and what did 

 he accomplish on each one? 



