It is a teddy bear.
Teddy bears got their name from Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
Teddy Bear! :)
The name Teddy Bear actually came from Teddy Roosevelt. He couldn't shoot a bear, a toy maker caught wind of that and he named his toy bear after him, the rest is history.
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Morris Mitchtom was inspired by the little bear in Clifford Berryman's cartoon bear in editorial cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt, who was known by the public as "Teddy." Mitchtom made homemade toy bears and called them "Teddy's bears," and the name stuck.
it was named after President Teddy Roosevelt when he killed a bear
Theodore Roosevelt's nickname was "Teddy". It was his nickname that we used to give the name "Teddy Bear" to the now well known toy given to children.
The link between a US president and toy bears is the association with Theodore Roosevelt. During Roosevelt's presidency in the early 20th century, he was often referred to as Teddy Roosevelt. The connection with toy bears comes from an incident during a hunting trip where Roosevelt refused to shoot a wounded bear. This event was widely publicized, leading to the creation of the "Teddy bear" in his honor.
his nickname was teddy, hince the teddy bear
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The Teddy Bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt. It is unclear whether Lincoln Logs were a reference to Abraham Lincoln and his log cabin boyhood home.
He didn't "invent" it but he is responsible for the "Teddy Bear"---the cuddly, stuffed toy bear. Presidet Roosevelt was hunting bear in Mississippi and he saw one to shoot but he decided not to shoot it. Someone made a suffed toy bear to him and it became known as the Teddy Bear.