Theodore Roosevelt: Media

26th president of the United States

Videos

Theodore Roosevelt: “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
Learn about Theodore Roosevelt's progressive Square Deal and big-stick approach to...
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Study how Teddy Roosevelt leveraged federal power over mine owners to earn a victory for labouers
Teddy Roosevelt's intervention in a 1902 coalminers' strike had a lasting impact...
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Compare the Progressive politics of Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
The U.S. presidential election of 1912.
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Listen to former vice president Hubert Humphrey examine the personalities of memorable U.S. presidents
Hubert Humphrey discusses the personalities of some of the 20th century's most memorable...
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Witness the entry of the U.S. into international politics as Theodore Roosevelt successfully ends the Russo-Japanese War of 1905
Newsreel footage recounting U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's mediation of the peaceful...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Learn about Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States.
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Images

Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent, 1903; in the...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt as a young man.
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt (center left with glasses) and the Rough Riders, July 1898.
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Theodore Roosevelt on horseback
Theodore Roosevelt riding a horse.
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Theodore Roosevelt campaign button
Campaign button for Theodore Roosevelt, c. 1900.
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Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, photograph by Levin C. Handy, c. 1900–10.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt photographed in Colorado in 1905.
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Russo-Japanese War
An American cartoon (“Let Us Have Peace”) hailing the peacemaking efforts of President...
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Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (left) and his successor, William Howard Taft, 1912.
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Theodore Roosevelt cartoon
Captioned “Why don't you speak for yourself, Theodore?” this cartoon, based on the...
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Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, 1904.
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Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, c. 1904.
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Theodore Roosevelt campaign button
Campaign button, depicting Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, 1904.
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
McKinley and Roosevelt campaign image
Campaign image of presidential incumbent William McKinley and his vice presidential...
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McKinley campaign poster
William McKinley (holding broadsheet) with Vice Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in a campaign...
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McKinley and Roosevelt campaign poster
Campaign propaganda poster showing Republican presidential incumbent William McKinley...
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Theodore Roosevelt campaign button
Theodore Roosevelt “National Unity” campaign button, 1904.
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
Rough Riders
Rough Riders, including Theodore Roosevelt (center), at San Juan Hill, Santiago de...
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Figure 10: An interior shaped by objects symbolizing Theodore Roosevelt's personal...
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Yellowstone National Park: Mammoth Hot Springs
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (left) at Mammoth Hot Springs in 1903, Yellowstone...
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Theodore Roosevelt campaign button
Theodore Roosevelt “Stand Pat” campaign button, 1904.
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
Theodore Roosevelt and Cândido Rondon
Theodore Roosevelt (left) and Cândido Rondon in Mato Grosso estado, Brazil,...
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt, 1914
Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley
U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and naturalist John Muir at Glacier Point, Yosemite...
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Russo-Japanese War and the Treaty of Portsmouth
Theodore Roosevelt (center) with peace envoys from Russia and Japan at the signing...
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Puck
Cartoon from Puck concerning Benjamin Harrison's appointment of Theodore...
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political cartoon: Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt riding an elephant (symbolizing his administration)...
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) and Meat Inspection Act (1906)
A political cartoon of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt cleaning up the meat scandal.
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Cartoon depicting William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt
“Mutual Solace,” political cartoon by Haven Hill for Punch, November 13,...
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Roosevelt Corollary
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt patrolling the Caribbean with his “Big Stick” in a political...
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American presidential election, 1904
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American presidential election, 1912
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Theodore Roosevelt presidential timeline
Key events in the life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt.
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Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt (center) led the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War.
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Russo-Japanese War
An American cartoon (“Let Us Have Peace”) hails the peacemaking efforts of President...
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Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore features the faces of (from left) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent, 1903.
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Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and naturalist John Muir standing at Glacier...
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Audio

Theodore Roosevelt addressing the Boys' Progressive League, July 3, 1913.
Theodore Roosevelt speech, “The Right of People to Rule”
“The Right of the People to Rule,” speech given by Theodore Roosevelt as he campaigned...
Roosevelt, Theodore: 1912 campaign speech
Theodore Roosevelt delivering a speech (“The Right of the People to Rule”) during...

Interactives

Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
At a glance: the Roosevelt presidency
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