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Yosemite under Federal Control
The Yosemite and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove under federal control, instead of allowing the state of California to have jurisdiction over the parks. This would prevent further exploitation and destruction. The Yosemite Recession Bill was passed in June. -
Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
In June, the U.S. Army Fifth Corps landed on Cuba with the aim of marching to Santiago and launching a coordinated land and sea assault on the Spanish stronghold. Included among the U.S. ground troops were the Theodore Roosevelt-led “Rough Riders,” a collection of Western cowboys and Eastern blue bloods officially known as the First U.S. Voluntary Cavalry. -
Teddy Elected President
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms. -
Coal strike
In the Coal Strike miners asked for 20-percent wage increases, and most were given a 10-percent increase and 52 The operators refused to recognize the United Mine Workers union. -
National Reclamation Act
Congress passed the National Reclamation Act in 1902, the measure set in motion the dramatic transformation of arid sections of the American West to "reclaim" land for productive agricultural use. -
Elkins Act
This piece of legislation was championed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to end the practice of rebates. Rebates were refunds to businesses which shipped large quantities on the railroads, and many railroad companies disliked it. -
Teddy and the Northern Securities Case
resident Theodore Roosevelt instructed his Justice Department to break up this holding company on the grounds that it was an illegal combination acting in restraint of trade it also increased his popular support and helped in his election campaign. -
Teddy Wins first full term as President
ncumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeated Democratic challenger Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential election. With his landslide victory, Roosevelt became the first president to win a full term after assuming the office upon the death of his predecessor -
Pure Food And Drug Act
It 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 which today is called the FDA -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a piece of U.S. legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906, that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Teddy's Africa Trip
On Teddy's trip he and his companions killed or trapped approximately 11,397 animals. Roosevelt was there to hunt big game which would in turn be stuffed and turned over to the Smithsonian for its exhibit halls -
Teddy Runs For Presidency in Bull-Moose Party
U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912. It was nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912 at the Chicago convention.