The American President: Expanding Power

Looking back on history I believe that the USA began its century of greatness because TR was the US pres for the opening of the 20th century??? Right century for right usa pres. Teddy really was a piece of work. Basically did whatever he wanted.

0:01 Episode 9: Expanding Power 0:25 Expanding The Office. + Shrewdness + Bold Personality + Peaceful Times Andrew Jackson The Power of The People 0:49 1:12 1845, Andrew Jackson was 78 Years Old and died. Captured The Battle Scars. Southern Frontiersman 1:57 Struggling for The Presidency. 2:08 Before Jackson were upper middle class, eastern seaboard Presidents. General 2:59 Major General Andrew Jackson. 3:20 Duelist Andrew Jackson. His reputation was dear to him. 3:59 The War of 1812, Waring against The Creek Indians. 4:24 Victory at The Battle of New Orleans. President Andrew Jackson 4:46 Andrew Jackson, Populist President. 5:22 Tough man, small town speaker. 5:38 "The People's Inaugural." 6:08 6' 1", weighing less than 140 Pounds. 7:41 Picking Fights. Standing up for The Federal Union. 8:20 Fighting The Federal Bank. Vetoing The Bank's New Charter. 9:27 "I am an independent power!" 9:56 Censure, "The President is not responsible to The Senate, he is responsible to The American People!" 10:36 Simple Roots, Willing To Stand Up For Working Class Americans. 11:00 Bearing Frustration with Nobility. 11:22 He scared his contemporaries, he has left a deep imprint on historians. Grover Cleveland 12:10 12:53 Toughness, Incorruptibility, Stubborn Integrity. 13:28 Man of The People, passionate for food and beer. 13:52 Sound Plain Uncomplaining, 14:07 Mayor of Buffalo, New York Governor, then President. 14:27 Seriousness and Honesty. Honest Man. 14:53 Campaign accused him of consorting with prostitutes. lies! 15:20 Dignity Under Fire, but now bitter towards The Press and The Presidency, a Self-Inflicted Penance. 16:00 Fighting with The Senate. Power Struggle. 16:28 Can an Executive Suspend Officials? Executive Action, Not responsible to The Senate. 17:13 Skill and Will to Press Others to Do What He Wants. 17:53 The Senate met it's match. The President is The Agent of The People. 18:18 Hardworking President Cleveland. Working into 2 or 3 In The Morning. 19:01 Cleveland Used The Veto 600 Times! Although he did veto bills the people wanted. 19:47 The only President elected to non-consecutive terms. 20:16 Heavy smoker, tumor. In secret. A team of 5 doctors and a dentist tried to operate on him, his upper left jaw was removed. He had a rubber jaw put in. 21:36 One Last Time: The Pullman Strike, Sent In Federal Troops to put down The Labor Dispute. 22:35 "Dictator." 23:13 Declining Health and inflexibility. 23:49 "The Presidency is The Repository of The People's Power. The Duty is only performed when The Full Powers are insisted on." Theodore Roosevelt 24:24 Strength and Power. Fighting Virtues. Health Nut. Outdoors Nut. Conservationist. Enthusiasm about The West. 25:39 Obsession with Power. Trying to live up to a demanding father. Near-sighted, with asthma. 26:14 "Theodore, you have the mind, but not the body." He lifted weights. 26:38 1878 while Teddy was attending Harvard, his father died, and that made him enraged. 26:58 Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee. 27:24 February 12th, 1824, Teddy's Mother Died and then his wife Alice Roosevelt died. His Grief rekindled his rage. 28:18 Cattle-Rancher Teddy Roosevelt. The Keen Delight. Solitutde and Open Spaces. The Past Is The Past. 29:16 1855, 2nd Marriage to Edith Carol. They raised 6-children, on Sagamore Hill. 30:02 He hung a painting of His Father. Teddy would NOT allow himself to raise WEAK children. 30:44 Rule Like a Rocket. Ship off To Cuba to Fight with The Roughriders. 31:22 Killing Spaniards. 31:37 A Meteoric Rise to Power. 31:57 A New Century. 32:06 McKinley's Assasination. 42-Year Old young Teddy Roosevelt ascends to The Presidency. 32:45 Theodore Roosevelt embraced The Press. He was an Educator, an Entertainer, a Soap Opera. He allowed to be publicized the life of The Roosevelts. 33:53 Redefining Executive Power. A President can do anything he wanted to benefit The American People, as long as it didn't break the law. 34:45 Conservation. 36:32 He organized a Coup against Columbia to get The Panama Canal. 37:19 November 1906 The Panama Canal was being built. 37:45 Doubling The Size of The American Navy. The Great White Fleet Circles The Globe. 38:17 He returned to Sagamore Hill, retaining productive energy. Using every ounce of power, he wished his father could have lived to see him as President. Richard Nixon 39:10 The Delicate Balance of Power. 39:53 Charisma, Gregariousness. 40:15 The Essence of Great Leaders: He was a Lonely Man. 40:51 1969 US President. More Privacy, More Free Time, More Firm Hierarchy. 2 Free Days a week. Time for Strategy. Not a People Person. 41:57 Always proving something to somebody. 42:18 A Cloak of Secrecy. Unpredictability is a Strength a Leader can have. 42:48 Henry Kissinger. The State Department. Paranoic Basket Case. 43:18 Domestic Accomplishments, Foreign Relations with China electrified the world! Detente. Arms Control 43:58 The Secret Bombing of Cambodia and Laos. 44:39 Power of War, Power of Purse, Power of Immunity. 45:08 June 17th, 1973 Watergate 45:47 Integrity. 46:23 "A Government of Laws" "A Government of One Man" 47:08 Nixon's Tapes. 47:27 August 5th, 1973. 47:42 Nixon resigns. 48:11 "I don't know how I got myself together, but I did." 48:37 Accusations. Disgrace. Repeals of Power. 49:04 Al Hicks. 49:23 The Breach of Faith. The White House is a Presidential Shrine. To forget that is to Break Faith. The Elected Priest, committing crimes in The People's House, is unforgivable. 50:39 Friendships evaporate quickly in politics. Expanding Power - Conclusion 51:01 51:46 An Officer within a Constitutional Framework. A Lion. 52:16 A President must keep The Public Trust.

James k Polk , was very powerful thanks to his hard work

Someone needs to play this show to Donald Trump!

Every presidency has its pros and cons.

Teddy Roosevelt needed a lady who would prop him up in his self belief he was remarkably intelligent. She made him feel as if he were the top man on the scene constantly. She meekly agreed to play the charade and to benefit off of Ted's dad's money.. A fair tradeoff for that period of time.

How is South Carolina west? It`s on the coast too!

Apparently Theodore was not shy from going fist to cuffs

In 1899, Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be the VP candidate, but McKinley's first term VP, Garret Hobart, refused to step aside, but then Hobart died in Nov. 1899, age 55. TR and McKinley were elected to office November, 1900.  McKinley was assassinated September 1901 and TR became president. McKinley’s campaign manager, Sen. Mark Hanna, wanted to challenge TR in the 1904 GOP presidential primary. Hanna died in February 1904. TR was reelected in November 1904.

Calvin Coolidge would never 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️

WOW WE LIVE IN THIS

Steven is my relative 4th cousin 5x removed … I grew up with my great aunt always reminding me we are lossley related. Also archbishop James Bayley is In my ancestry.

the last line of this video....."above all else, the president should keep the public trust". donald trump will go down in history as above all else, betrayed the public trust.

The 2 best USA PRESIDENTS ever ??????? Both TR and FDR. Hands down.

“ I do not think the Bogota lot of jackrabbits should be able to ball one the future highways of civilization. So I took the Canal Zone….and let congress debate. And while the debate went on, the Canal did also” 😫

I do not agree with many of the conclusions of the interview historian in this documentary.

The narrator's voice almost sounds like AI?

I feel like William F Buckley was a strange choice to be the voice of Teddy Roosevelt. I think he sounds too aristocratic for TR…

I need to know his secret to losing 60 pounds 😂

We need a potus that will stand up, defend the Constitution, Bill of Rights and put an end to the bullshit of todays political arena. Maybe RFKJR is just that man, after all he has rocked corporate America in the legal arena.