U.S. History

U.S. History

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th president of the United States and served from 1901 to 1909. He has something of a larger-than-life reputation and made his mark in many different fields, being a naturalist, historian, and writer in addition to a statesman (Dalton, 2002). During his presidency, he was concerned with expanding the power of the state to take effective action against abusive corporations and with the United States' increasing involvement in world politics, taking a full part in the imperial system.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many white middle-class Americans feared that a shift in ...