He signed the (*) Elkins and Hepburn Acts, which enforced the limitation of large companies as an aspect of his Square Deal.
He dispatched several warships to Morocco after the bandit Raisuli kidnapped the Greek-American Ion Perdicaris. This politician railed against the "doctrine of ignoble ease" in a speech titled "The Strenuous Life." As president, his foreign policy initiatives included sending out the Great White Fleet and dispatching naval forces to support an independence movement against Colombia. He signed the (*) Elkins and Hepburn Acts, which enforced the limitation of large companies as an aspect of his Square Deal. This man became the only third party candidate to place second in a presidential election when he ran on the Bull Moose ticket in 1912. For 10 points, name this American president who fought with the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War and who popularized the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
He dispatched several warships to Morocco after the bandit Raisuli kidnapped the Greek-American Ion Perdicaris.
Theodore {Roosevelt}