Teddy Roosevelt

By MurilloM2003

  • Roosevelt is born

    Roosevelt is born
    Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family.

  • Roosevelt named president

    Roosevelt named president
    On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next eight days, McKinley’s health condition varied until he died on September 14.

  • Coal strike

    Coal strike
    Coal strike was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. Lasted from May 12- October 2, 1902

  • Elkins act

    Elkins act
    The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.

  • Pelican Island

    Pelican Island
    Pelican Island was designated as a National Historic Landmark because of its status as the first federal area set aside specifically to protect wildlife.

  • Theodore wins first full term as president

    Theodore wins first full term as president
    Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.

  • The Pure Food and Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act
    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 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

  • Devils tower

    Devils tower
    The devils tower was the first national monument, Teddy Roosevelt brought attention to it by authorizing the antiquities act.

  • Yosemite under federal control

    Yosemite under federal control
    in 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.

  • Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

    Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
    The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by American president Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History.

  • Bull moose party

    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;