America Comes of Age 4 William H Taft 1909-1913 10 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 18 Warren Harding 1921-1923 32 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 40 The Presidency in War and Peace 48 Cabinet Members 54 Timeline 56 Presidents of the United States 60 Index 62 Further Reading 64
4 America Comes of Age America Comes of Age During the early 1900s America seemed to be a nation that would enjoy peace and prosperity forever Theodore Roosevelt one of the country’s most popular leaders presided over the White House Youthful and exuberant he attacked big-industry monopolies and their unfair trade practices He sent navy ships around the world to visit America’s new overseas territories and to display American power One of the country’s first environmentalists he eagerly set aside thousands of square miles of land as part of America’s new national park system When Roosevelt left the White House in 1909 he turned the presidency over to his handpicked successor and close friend William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt raised a volunteer group of soldiers called the Rough Riders who fought the Spanish in Cuba in 1898 William Howard Taft wearing crown seated on shoulder of Theodore Roosevelt
The country is in safe hands while Theodore Roosevelt is at the helm
