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Theodore Roosevelt Born
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901 inside the Temple of Music. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him. http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/interesting-facts-about-theodore-roosevelt/2014/10/19/id/601451/ -
Energy Crisis
An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1002/roosevelts-imperialism-the-venezuelan-crisis-the-panama-canal-and-the-origins-of-the-roosevelt-corollary -
Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. http://keywordsuggest.org/gallery/402087.html -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
On March 14, 1903, without fanfare, President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html -
Wins first full term as President
In 1904, he won election to the presidency in his own right; the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/muir-influences.htm -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. http://www.ramweb.org/pure-food-and-drug-act-of-1906-theodore-roosevelt.html -
Devils Tower
Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906. https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm -
Yosemite under Federal Control
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/muir-influences.htm -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
After leaving the presidency in 1909, Roosevelt cast further afield, embarking first on an epic 11-month, 2,500-mile safari through British East Africa http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/interesting-facts-about-theodore-roosevelt/2014/10/19/id/601451/ -
Runs for presidency
The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft. http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/interesting-facts-about-theodore-roosevelt/2014/10/19/id/601451/
