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Theodore Roosevelt is born
born in New York into one of the old Dutch families which had settled in America in the seventeenth century -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Vice President of William Mckinley but when he got assassinated Theodore Roosevelt became 42nd president of the United States -
Energy crisis
also called Coal Strike. Mine owners refused to bargain and strike threatened fuel needs of the nation -
Elkins Act passed
to stop the practice of railroad rebates and gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Halts sale of contaminated foods. Requires truth in labeling. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
expedition to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party was popularly nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination -
Wins first full term as President
In his first “hundred days,” he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform.