Teddy Roosevelt Timeline

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  • Teddy Roosevelt is Born

    Teddy Roosevelt is Born

    Teddy Roosevelt was born.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Roosevelt takes office after the death of William McKinley, leaving Teddy Roosevelt being the youngest person to be in office.
  • Wins first full term as president

    Wins first full term as president

    Teddy Roosevelt wins his first full term in being president.
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

    The energy crisis was a coal strike that stop a lot of energy and was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    Teddy Roosevelt passed this act to prohibit railroad companies from giving to businesses that ship large quantities of goods to lower shipping prices.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters
  • Teddy Roosevelt leaves presidency and visits Africa

    Teddy Roosevelt leaves presidency and visits Africa

    Teddy Roosevelt wanted to leave for a little bit based on his desire to leave the political stage to his succor on his natural need for action.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove remained under state administration until 1906 when they were returned to federal control and incorporated into Yosemite National Park.
  • Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act

    This Act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
  • Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Teddy Roosevelt loved the Devil's Tower and named it one of the first national monuments in 1906.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull Moose Party

    Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party