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Theodore Roosevelt is born
he was bon on this day and was born in manhattan. -
Returns from the Spanish-American War as a hero
he states that it is the greatest day of is life and returned home a few dayslater -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Teddy roosevelt was named president after mckinley was assassinated. -
The Elkins Act 1903
The Elkins Act of 1903 was named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia. 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. Shippers could demand rebates and threaten to take their business elsewhere in the overbuilt and highly competitive American railroad network of the late nineteenth century. -
Wins first full term as President
he became president and was probbly the best we have ever had since. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
california takes over security of the national parks -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
It took 27 years to pass this act but in te end it stuck for a long time even part of it today. -
Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
An astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the rolling prairie surrounding the Black Hills. This site is considered Sacred to the Lakota and many other tribes that have a connection to the area. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to explore and define our place in the natural and cultural world. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
President Teddy Roosevelt left office and went to africa with his son. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
He ran unsecesfully for the bull moose party. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
it was named a nation wildlife refuage and has stayed that way even tilll now -
Energy Crisis
By the early 1970s, American oil consumption–in the form of gasoline and other products–was rising even as domestic oil production was declining, leading to an increasing dependence on oil imported from abroad. Despite this, Americans worried little about a dwindling supply or a spike in prices, and were encouraged in this attitude by policymakers in Washington, who believed that Arab oil exporters couldn’t afford to lose the revenue from the U.S. market.
