Theodore Roosevelt: Activated Vision Through the Bully Pulpit

摘要

In 1901, at the age of 42, Theodore Roosevelt became the twenty-sixth President of the United States. He had the vision to see America as a great world power. His leadership transformed America from isolationism to a strong nation with an influential international role. Roosevelt's family background gave him his foundational values upon which he built his Strenuous Life: translating thought into action, words into deeds. As President, Roosevelt pursued domestic progressive reform to provide all Americans a Square Deal. He based his foreign policy on international involvement using diplomacy and power. He skillfully used the Bully Pulpit to activate his vision of America as a great world power. Roosevelt's powerful rhetoric, stories, and symbols communicated his objectives. Theodore Roosevelt's vision and actions launched America into the 20th Century as a world power.