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San Juan Hill
The victory at San Juan Hill gave the Americans control of the heights overlooking the Spanish stronghold of Santiago. -
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First Time Named President
Considered the first modern President because he significantly expanded the influence and power of the executive office. -
Coal Strike
United Mine Workers went on strike in the anthracite coalfieds of eastern Pennsylvania where they struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
National Reclamation Act
Allowed federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands. -
Elkins Act Passed
A piece of legislation that meant to closely regulate the railroad companies and meant to stop the practice of railroad rebates. -
Yosemite Under Federal Control
The beauty and magnificence of Yosemite led Roosevelt to expand federal protection of Yosemite, and inspired him to sign into existence 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests. -
Northern Securities Case
The first example of Roosevelt's use of anti-trust legislation to dismantle a monopoly and ordered the company to be separated by selling the railroads it had acquired. -
Wins First Full Term
Roosevelt became president after President McKinley was assassinated but then decided to run for the next presidential election to win on his own. -
Meat Inspection Act
A piece of U.S. legislation, signed by Roosevelt, that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act
It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs -
Roosevelt goes to Africa
Leaving the presidency, Roosevelt traveled to Africa with naturalists to collect specimens for the Smithsonian. -
Bull-Moose Party
Roosevelt creates a new political party in an attempt to advance progressive ideas and unseat President William Howard Taft in the election of 1912.