Cowboy. Soldier. Statesman. Conservationist. Adventurer. Reformer. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president in American history—and arguably one of the most fascinating. Deeply ambitious and endlessly resilient—he once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest—Roosevelt helped propel the nation into the 20th century with his progressive domestic reforms and his expansive, “big stick” foreign policy.
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Transcontinental Railroad Before the Civil War, rail travel was dangerous and difficult, but after the war, George Westinghouse invented the air brake, which made braking systems more dependable and safe. Soon, the development of Pullman sleeping cars and dining cars made rail travel comfortable and more enjoyable for passengers. It wasn’t long before trains overtook […]
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Some later accounts of the battle, including Teddy Roosevelt’s, downplayed the Black troopers’ crucial role in the US victory.
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Theodore Roosevelt believed America’s greatest evil was too much power in the hands of corporate America. Find out what happened when he took on J.P. Morgan, the nation’s most powerful financier.
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