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teddy roosevelt was born
october 27, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. He was the son of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Image link- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt -
Yosemite under federal control
October 01, 1890. Yosemite national park is full of natural wonders such as Half Dome, which is a beautiful rock formed by molten rock intrusions in the earth’s crust, as well as the giant sequoia trees. image link- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park -
Named president when mckinley is assassinated
a 28 year old anarchist shot President McKinley in the stomach during a public reception at a worlds fair in buffalo, New York. Once McKinley went through emergency surgery he began to seem to have recovered, but then his health began to quickly drop. dying 8 days after the shooting. President McKinley was the 3rd president to fall victim to an assassins bullet image link- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley -
Elkins Act was passed
The Elkins Act was a law that authorized the Interstate Commerse Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and on the shippers who accepted the rebates -
Pelican island, florida named first national wildlife refuge
march 14, 1903, with the encouragement of frank chapman and the florida audubon society, president theodore roosevelt established Pelican island in the indian river lagoon as the first federal bird reservation, which gave birth to the national wildlife refuge system. image link- http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/theodore-roosevelt-memorial/theodore-roosevelt-memorial-hall/roosevelt-timeline/conservation-president -
Devils tower, wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower in Wyoming became the first national monument -
Passage of pure food and drug act
this act was passed in order to keep all of the meat and foods being sold to be healthy, clean meat. and all the drugs being sold to be the actual true drug that they are saying they are selling. The book "The Jungle" really caused an uprising in the worry about where the food came from. image link- http://dontknowmuch.com/2014/09/pop-quiz-which-book-led-to-passage-of-the-pure-food-and-drug-act/ -
Leaves presidency, visits africa
Immediately after Taft’s inauguration in 1909, Roosevelt set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian institution. -
Runs for president, unsuccessfully for bull-moose party-
from 1901 to 1909 Roosevelt embarked on a vigorous campaign. he had a key point in his platform, the "Square Deal", which was a concept based on fair business competition and increased welfare for needy Americans. -
energy crisis
In the 1970s there was a period of time where the major industry countries of the world, particularly The united states, canada, western europe, japan, australia and new zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages as well as much elevated prices
