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Teddy Roosevelt is born
Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York, New York on October 27th, 1858 to the businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr., and his wife Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, an American socialite. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of the Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President after the assassination of President William McKinley. -
Wins first full term as President
After William McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt stepped into office on September 14, 1901, becoming the youngest president at the age of 42 -
Energy Crisis - Anthracite Coal Mine Strike
Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their union. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to major American cities. -
Elkins Act passed
t authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida. -
Passage of 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 -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Also called Grizzly Bear Lodge, was named the first National monument by Roosevelt in 1906 -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what is now Kenya and Uganda. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for 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
