Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded as the first modern President of the United States. The stature and influence that the president has began to take form with Roosevelt. Roosevelt did this with his personality and aggressive executive power. He believed that the President had a obligation to the people, this made him challenge things that seemed unfair to the citizens, like big business. His presidency endowed the progressive movement with credibility, lending the prestige of the White House to welfare legislation, government regulation, and the conservation movement. The desire to make society more fair and equitable, with economic possibilities for all Americans, lay behind much of Roosevelt's program.
Roosevelt also revolutionized foreign affairs believing that America had a global obligation, and strong foreign policy was in the nation's best interest.
Even after leaving office Theodore Roosevelt worked for his ideals of Progression.
Roosevelt is immortalized for all he did in the faces on Mount Rushmore, along with Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson.
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