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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt also known as Teddy was born in New York, NY on October 27, 1858. He was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States.
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next eight days, McKinley’s health condition varied until he died on September 14. This resulted in Theodore Roosevelt being the new President.
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Energy Crisis
A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. Roosevelt held a meeting in the white house in panic over the coal strike. He feared riots and social wars that would create misery.
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Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination. This was urged to be passed by he Pennsylvania Railroad, Elkins presented the bill to the senate and won with a 205 to 6 vote in the house.
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Pelican Island
Florida named first national wildlife refuge. President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903 at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters.
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Yosemite under Federal Control
President Theodore Roosevelt visited Yosemite and was guided by naturalist John Muir. Their conversations and shared joy with the beauty and magnificence of Yosemite led Roosevelt to expand federal protection of Yosemite, and it inspired him to sign into existence five national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests.
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Wins first full term as President
Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation’s first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This was necessary in order to protect the public.
Source:https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-and-progressive-era/pure-food-and-drug-act#:~:text=The%20Pure%20Food%20and%20Drug%20Act%20of%201906%20prohibited%20the,and%20Drug%20Administration%20(FDA) -
Devil’s Tower
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906 in Wyoming, due to the large influence on Mondel.
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Roosevelt Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Theodore Roosevelt left his presidency and visited africa on the The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition. He began to hunt animals while on his expedition which lasted two years. When he returned he got back into politics.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian%E2%80%93Roosevelt_African_Expedition#:~:text=The%20Smithsonian%E2%80%93Roosevelt%20African%20Expedition,sponsored%20by%20the%20Smithsonian%20Institution. -
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.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election#:~:text=Democratic%20Governor%20Woodrow%20Wilson%20unseated,or%20%22Bull%20Moose%22%20Party.
