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Theodore Roosevelt is Born
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McKinley is Assassination
After McKinley is assassinated Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency -
First National Wildlife Refuge
Roosevelt establishes Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation -
Energy Crisis
Miners go on strike and ask for higher pay and they threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply, Roosevelt promised a compromise if they would end their strike -
Elkins Act Passed
Theodore Roosevelt passes the Elkins Act to amend the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 -
Wins First Term
Roosevelt wins he first term running for President unlike last time where he ran as the Vice President under McKinley then became President after his assassination -
Yosemite Under Federal Control
Roosevelt was convinced by John Muir that the federal government should take Yosemite and make it a national park service -
Devils Tower
President Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower becomes the first national monument -
Pure Food and Drug Act are Passed
After the book "The Jungle" is released people realise how bad the meat industry is and how drugs are just handed out without any regulation this act made the meat industry more sanitary and regulated drugs -
Roosevelt Leaves for Africa
Roosevelt leaves New York shortly after his presidency to go to Africa to go collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum -
Bull-Moose Party
Teddy Roosevelt runs for a third term but this time on a party split from the Republican Party called the Bull-Moose Party