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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
McKinley dies of complications from his bullet wounds -
Elkins Act passed
making it more effective in enforcing rates with the railroads -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
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Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt and his expeditionary party leave New York for Africa