Roosevelt

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born
    Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control
    An act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees.
  • Named President after Mckinley died

    Named President after Mckinley died
    Mckinley was the third president to be assassinated. He was on his second term, elected in 1900.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
    President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida. Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System is the only network of federal lands dedicated specifically to wildlife conservation.
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President
    Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory, taking every Northern and Western state. He was the first Republican to carry the state of Missouri since Ulysses .S Grant.
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act
    Roosevelt thought it would strengthen the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad freight rates. The act required railroads to hold to their published rates and forbade rate cutting and rebates.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
    This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration
  • Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
    Teddy Roosevelt created this national monument and it is the first national monument in the United States.
  • Roosevelt African Expedition

    Roosevelt African Expedition
    Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by outgoing American president Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for 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; the formal name and general objectives of the party were revived 12 years later.
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis
    Members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.