t rose

By eanh83

  • 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

  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Roosevelt and his expeditionary party leave New York for Africa