Teddy Roosevelt

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This paper looks at the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt in the very earliest stages of his national political position specifically the year 1901 when he was Vice President for six months and then became President with the assassination of McKinley.

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"With the September assassination of President William McKinley, his Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States (Charnwood, 1923, p. xiii). That year was a busy and important year in both US history and around the world. The events leading up to Roosevelt's presidency and some of the key events that took place subsequently had far-reaching effects in politics and industry. Other global events that took place that year were tremendously significant to his presidency, many of which revolved around Roosevelt himself and his policies and actions. In this paper, some of the influential events and policies of 1901 will be examined, as well as some background on Roosevelt's rise to power. First it is important to understand Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt's basic nature."

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