Theodore roosevelt mini biography video

After his predecessor died, Theodore Roosevelt, at 42-years-old becomes the youngest president of the United States, ushering in the industrial age in 1901.

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He moves into the Executive Mansion, nicknaming it the White House with six energetic kids like himself, becoming the first celebrity president. But America still has a turbulent history, especially with racial tension in the South.

In his first term, TR violates the racial etiquette when he invites Booker T. Washington to dinner, upsetting white supremacists. Then he turns his attention to capitalists like J.P. Morgan's railroad monopoly by taxing them and helps resolve the coal miners strike, establishing a worker's union before people run out of coal for the winter.

Theodore roosevelt mini biography video

Through the press, TR also takes on J.D. Rockefeller who has the power and money to influence members of Congress. He builds the Panama Canal to establish quicker trade routes. For his second term, TR uses the bully pulpit to p