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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, Manhattan, New York City, NY -
Spanish-American war
Roosevelt's political career ignited as he returned a war hero and national celebrity. He charged on horseback to victory at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights, and continued riding that horse all the way to the White House just three years later. -
William McKinley was dead
The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901 and Roosevelt became president -
Pelican Island
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located just off the western coast of Orchid Island in the Indian River Lagoon east of Sebastian, Florida. Established by an executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903 -
The Elkins Act
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates -
Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt had succeeded to the presidency in 1901 following the assassination of William McKinley. In 1904, he won election to the presidency in his own right; the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor. -
Devil’s Tower
Wyoming named the first national monument and it was Devils tower it was declared a monument in 1906 by president Teddy Roosevelt. -
Energy crisis
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent misbranded meat and meat products from being sold . -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Yosemite
However, it took a meeting between President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in 1903, and the effective lobbying of railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman, to have Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove ceded from the state of California's control and included with Yosemite National Park in 1906. -
Roosevelt to Africa
Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution.Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum -
Bull Moose Party
Bull Moose Party, formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912
