Theodore Roosevelt: Activated Vision Through the Bully Pulpit.

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. Roosevelts 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. Roosevelts powerful rhetoric, stories, and symbols communicated his objectives. Theodore Roosevelts vision and actions launched America into the 20th Century as a world power.