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Wins first full term as President
George Washington won the first full term election. He served from 1789-1797, he was also a founding father and a leader in the revolunitnary war -
Named president when Mckinley is assassinated
Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president after Mckinley was assassinated. Served from 1901-1909 -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Teddy Roosevelt established Pelican island in the Indian river lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System -
Elkins Act
Authorized the ICC to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates -
Yosemite
Califorina legisautre agreed to return Yosemite Valley to federal control -
Passage of pure food and drug act
This prevents the manufacture, sale or transportation of misbranded or posionous foods, drugs or medicines and liquors -
Devils Tower
A igneous rock in the black hills near Wyoming. Declared the first United States National Monument, established in 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt. -
Runs for presidency unsuccesfully
a group of republicians dissatified with the renomination of President Taft -
Energy Crisis
Oil shock occurred in the US due to decreased oil output
