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Teddy Roosevelt is born
Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York New York. He was the second to four children of Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. -
Named President after Mckinley was assassinated.
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo New York by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Roosevelt was his vice president. Roosevelt became president the 26th president on September 14, 1901. Roosevelt is the youngest president at age 46. -
Energy Crisis, Coal Strike
In 1902 over 140,000 miners in Pennsylvania went on strike because they wanted a 9 hour workday, higher wages and the right to unionize. Roosevelt stepped in a the miners got their wish. Their hours were shortened and their wages were raised. The strike ended on October 23, 1902. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission(ICC) to input heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates. Roosevelt passed this act on February 19th, 1903. -
Pelican Island, first national wildlife refuge
Pelican Island is part of the Everglades Headwaters complex. The island is located in Florida. The island consists of 3-acre(12,000m2) and an additional 2.5 acres(10,000m2) of surround water. On March 14th 1903, Roosevelt named Pelican Island the first National Wildlife refuge in the U.S. The purpose of the island is to protect birds from extinction due to plume hunting. -
Roosevelt wins first term as president
In 1904, Roosevelt ran for president after his term was up. He ran as republican, he defeated democratic candidate Alton Parker. This was the first time Roosevelt ran as president and won. The first time he was president, was because William Mckinley was assassinated and Roosevelt was vice president. -
Yosemite
Roosevelt loved outdoors, he was a conservationist. He visited Yosemite and he fell in love with the land. He knew he had to preserve and protect the land. In 1906 Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act. This act gave Yosemite federal protection -
Passage of food and drug act
Upton Sinclair who was a muckraker wrote "The Jungle" to expose the working conditions in the meat packing industry. When Roosevelt heard of this he made a law called the pure food and drug act which required meat inspections and true labels on drugs. Before the Act people were encouraged to put cocaine on babies gums for a toothache. -
Devil’s Tower named the first national monument
Devil's Tower originated in 1875, its located in Wyoming. Col Richard Dodge wrote that the Indians called the tower "Bad God's Tower" which he later changed to Devils Tower. The tower is 180 feet by 300 feet. On September 24, 1906 Roosevelt named Devils tower a national monument, which happened to be the first one. -
Africa visit
In 1909 Roosevelt went to Mombasa Africa for months. While he was in east Africa he was hunting. Mombasa is now called Kenya and Uganda. -
Bull moose is unsuccessful
While Roosevelt was president he made tariffs lower and created effective acts for the people. When William Taft became president he went against Roosevelt and made the tariffs higher and gave away land that Roosevelt saved. Roosevelt did not like Taft's policies so he came up with his own party called "Bull Moose". Bull moose lost to democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson.
