Teddy Roosevelt

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  • TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill

    TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
    TR lead a series of charges up Kettle Hill. Juan Hill gave the Americans control of the heights overlooking the Spanish stronghold of Santiago and doomed the Spanish to defeat in Cuba.

  • First time named president

    First time named president
    TR became president from vice president when McKinley was killed, he is still the youngest person to become president. He was the leader of the progressive movement.

  • National Reclamation Act

    National Reclamation Act
    Water payers should repay the costs of construction.This act encouraged western settlement by selling federal lands to individual farmers then supplying them with inexpensive water.

  • Coal Strike

    Coal Strike
    The United Mine workers went on strike creating the first labor dispute.The strike strengthened moderate labor workers and progressive business women, also enhanced Teddy Roosevelt's reputation

  • Elkins Act Passed

    Elkins Act Passed
    This act being passed prohibited rebates, the railroad cooperation was then to provide the rebate, along with the shipper receiving it .

  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President
    TR wins the election of 1904 against Alton B. Parker. His win marked first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency.

  • TR and the Northern Securities Case

    TR and the Northern Securities Case
    U.S. Supreme Court held that a holding company formed to create a railroad monopoly violated the Sherman Antitrust Law. The government's victory in the case helped solidify President Theodore Roosevelt's reputation as a “trustbuster.”

  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control
    The state controlled Yosemite Valley came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.

  • Meat inspection act

    Meat inspection act
    Teddy Roosevelt signed off on the sale of misbranded or adultured livestock that was portrayed as food , to be prohibited . The sanitary of slaughtering and processing livestock was ensured with this act being passed.

  • Passage of pure food drug act

    Passage of pure food drug act
    The passing of this act prohibited the sale of misbranded food and drugs in interstate commerce. This also laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency.

  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa
    Roosevelt leads the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition. The purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Museum.

  • TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party

    TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
    The Bull Moose party is an advocate for the republican party.