Teddy Roosevelt timeline activity

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  • Wins first full term as president

    Wins first full term as president

    George Washington won the first full term election. He served from 1789-1797, was also a founding father
  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan, New York
  • Named President when McKinley was assassinated

    Named President when McKinley was assassinated

    Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th President after McKinley was assassinated. He served from 1901-1909
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Teddy Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River lagoon as the first federal bird reservation.
  • Yosemite

    Yosemite

    California Legislature agreed to return Yosemite Valley to federal control
  • Passage of pure food and drug act

    Passage of pure food and drug act

    this prevents the manufacture, sale or transportation of misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines and liquors
  • devils tower, first national monument

    devils tower, first national monument

    located in northeastern Wyoming, composed of igneous rock and was the first National Monument in the U.S.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

    Oil shock occurred in the U.S due to decreased oil output
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act

    Authorized the ICC to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates