Theodore Roosevelt #5: A Heartbeat Away (1899-1901); Topics covered include: Governor of New York, Death of Vice President Garret Hobart, disclaims any interest in the vice presidency, nominated anyway at the Republican National Convention, election of 1900, chafes in role as Vice President, President William McKinley is assassinated, and sworn in as the 26th President of the United States

Key people: Garret Hobart, Tom Platt, Mark Hanna, William McKinley, William Jennings Bryan, and John Adams

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Theodore Roosevelt #4: Crowded Hour (1898); Topics covered include: War with Spain, resigns from the Navy, volunteers for the Army, organizes regiment (Rough Riders), chaos in Tampa, landing in Cuba, Battles of Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill, results and impact, and election as Governor of New York

Key people: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., Leonard Wood, and George Dewey

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Theodore Roosevelt #3: Go Navy! (1897-1898); Topics covered include: State Assemblyman, Civil Service Commissioner, Police Commissioner (New York City), appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, explosion of the USS Maine, prepares for war, and Declaration of War with Spain

Key people: William McKinley, John Long, and Alfred Mahan

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Theodore Roosevelt #2: Love and Heartbreak (1878-1884); Topics covered include: Youthful relationship with Edith Carow; meets, courts, and marries Alice Lee; Graduates from Harvard College, hunting trip with his brother, enrolls in law school/withdraws, extended honeymoon in Europe, elected State Assemblyman, aggressive reformer, Alice becomes pregnant, mother ill, baby is born; Roosevelt's wife and mother die on the same day just after the birth, eliminates Alice from his life, and leaves for the Bad Lands

Key people: Edith Carow, Alice (Lee) Roosevelt (wife), Dick Saltonstall, Elliott Roosevelt, Mittie Roosevelt, and Alice Roosevelt (daughter)

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Theodore Roosevelt #1: Father's Influence (1858-1877); Topics covered include: Parents, details on father, youth, illnesses (asthma), education, interests, family trips to Europe (2), focus on exercise, love of nature, attends Harvard College, guidance from his father, death of father, mourns loss, and impact

Key people: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Mittie Roosevelt

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William McKinley #10: Reelection and Assassination (1900-1901); Topics covered include: Presidency of William McKinley, election of 1900, selection of VP candidate (Theodore Roosevelt), victory over William Jennings Bryan, second inauguration, national tour, Ida McKinley's illness, economic speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, visit to Niagara Falls, reception at the Temple of Music; assassination attempt by Leon Czolgosz, anarchists, medical treatment, death of the President, and reflection on McKinley's life

Key people: Elihu Root, Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Platt, Mark Hanna, Ida McKinley, Enrique Aguinaldo, John Milburn, George Cortelyou, Leon Czolgosz, Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Matthew Mann, Charles Dawes, and William Day

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William McKinley #9: Cuba, China, and Canal (1898-1901); Topics covered include: Presidency of William McKinley, postwar actions n Cuba, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Cuban Constitution, Open Door Policy with China, Boxer Rebellion and international response, and the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (I and II) for the building of a Central American canal

Key people: John Brooke, Orville Platt, John Hay, Charles Beresford, Edwin Conger, Baron von Kettler, and Julian Pauncefote

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William McKinley #8: Liberator or Imperialist? (1898-1901); Topics covered include: Presidency of William McKinley; armistce ends fighting in the Spanish-American War; peace negotiations in Paris; Spain relinquishes Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines; McKinley's decision to take all of the Phillipines; "benevolent assimilation"; ongoing insurrection in the Phillipines led by Enrique Aguinaldo; peace treaty confirmed by Senate; establish military and civiliam rule in the Phillipines; ad debates over imperialism vs. liberation

Key people: William Day, Emilio Aguinaldo, George Dewey, Russell Alger, Elihu Root, Elwell Otis, and William Taft

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William McKinley #7: War (1898); Topics covered include: Presidency of William McKinley, Declaration of War with Spain, change in Cabinet, status of U.S. Navy and Army, victory over Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay (The Philipines), bloackade of Spanish Fleet at Santiago Harbor (Cuba), the Rough Riders, U.S. army lands on Cuba, Battle for San Juan Heights, complete annexation of Hawaii, victory in Cuba, capture Puerto Rico, capture Guam, and agreement on protocol to bring fighting to an end

Key people: John Sherman, William Day, Nelson Miles, William Sampson, Winfield Schley, George Dewey, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Reed, and Jules Cambon

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William McKinley #6: Path to War (1897-1898); Topics covered include: Presidency of William McKinley, Uprising in Cuba, U.S. perspectives, negotiations with Spain, the de Lome letter, sinking of the USS Maine, views of the conflict from Congress, pressure to eclare war, talks break down, and war is declared with Spain

Key people: William Calhoun, Valeriano Weyler, Stewart Woodford, Queen Maria Christina, Fitzhugh Lee, Don Enrique Deupuy de Lome, Charles Sigsbee, Theodore Roosevelt, Redfield Proctor, and Henry Teller

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