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1902 BCE
Energy Crisis .
was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union . It strengthened moderate labor leaders and progressive businessmen who championed negotiations as a way to labor peace. It enhanced the reputation of President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Teddy is born
Theodore Roosevelt is also known as teddy was an American politician . -
named president when McKinley is assassinated
president William McKinley is shot at pan American exposition in buffalo , NY -
Elkins Act .
The Act made it a misdemeanor for a carrier to impose preferential rebates, and implicated both the carrier and the recipient of the low price. placed the burden of proof on the railroads and for the first time, they would have to actively demonstrate that a rate was reasonable. With these new powers, the ICC gained almost complete control over rail rates, and therefore much of rail competition. -
pelican Island
executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds -
1st term as president
republican president Roosevelt defeated the conservative . -
yosemite under federal control
the state of california receded Yosemite valley and mariposa Grove to the federal gov -
Pure food and drug act
prohibited the sale of misbranded or outdated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) . -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument .
A sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes, the Tower is also known as Bear Lodge. Devils Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.Black Hills. kept a journal during this expedition, Dodge wrote that "the Indians call this place 'bad god's tower,' a name adopted with proper modification -
roosevelt leaves presidency , visits africa
Roosevelt spent months in the wild East Africa . hunting big game while expanding to around 11,400 species of animals . -
runs for presidency's ( bull moose )
following his loss William Howard Taft in 1912 republican wining in chicago