Friday, September 16th, 2011

It's a workday for our projects today.

Chapter 9 section 3:

Theodore unwanted
-Theodore Roosevelt was not supported to be president
-he was pushed to run as McKinley's vice president by political bosses and so that took him out of state office
-McKinley was assassinated which made him most powerful person in the governent

Roosevelt's backround
-born into wealty family in 1858
-had asthma as a child
-mastered marksmanship and horseback riding as teen

-in college he wrestled and boxed

-became a leader in new york politics very young and three years later became new york citys police commissioner and assistant secratary of us navy\

-later won governor of ny and then vice president

-youngest president 42 years old

-still boxed but got partially blinded in his left eye

 

Using federal power

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