Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill

    TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
    The Rough Riders were under Lt. Col. Roosevelts command at the time and were ordered to seize Kettle Hill which was in support of the main attack the Rough Riders ended up fighting their way to the top despite heavy enemy fire.
  • TR 1st time named President (How? significance?)

    TR 1st time named President (How? significance?)
    Teddy Roosevelt first time named president was when the Former President McKinley was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York. Its significance was that he became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation's history.
  • National Reclamation Act

    National Reclamation Act
    The National Reclamation Act was a severe transformation of the Arid sections for the American west to regain their land for large amounts of productive agriculture use.
  • Coal Strike

    Coal Strike
    The coal strike was a strike that was led by the mine workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pensylvania. the miners striked for higher wages, shorter work days, and they wanted recognition of their union. It also led them to threatning to shut down the winter feul supply to the major Amercian cities.
  • Elkins Act Passed

    Elkins Act Passed
    The Elkins Act that was passed had strengthened the power of the Interstate Commerce Commision also known as ICC over the railroad rates.
  • TR and the Northern Securities Case

    TR and the Northern Securities Case
    TR and the Northern Securities Case was heard by the supreme court. The court ruled 5-4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had basically formed a monopoly.
  • TR Wins first full term as President

    TR Wins first full term as President
    Teddy Roosevelt had defeated Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential election by what is known as a landslide which means he beat his challenger by a lot of votes, he then became the first ever president to win a full term after taking on the office upon the death of the former president.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control
    Yosemite was put under federal control to help the battle of containing and preserving Americas natural beauty. It was also put under federal control because of the dangerous setting it was in with left open cliffs that would lead to instant death.
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    The meat inspection acted stoped the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and made sure that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
    The Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act stopped the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in the interstate commerce this had laid a foundation for the nations first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration also known as the FDA.
  • Leaves Presidency, visits Africa (purpose if going)

    Leaves Presidency, visits Africa (purpose if going)
    Teddy Roosevelt left his presidency to help and form Rough Riders, which was a unit that had fought the Spanish Army in Cuba to great publicity. Teddyn Roosevelt visted Africa and had an expidition from 1909 to 1911 he was with his son and a crew of naturalist it was an expedition sponsored in part by the Smithsonian Institution and he was there to hunt big game which would then get stuffed and turned over to the Smithsonian for its exhibit halls.
  • TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party

    TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
    Teddy Roosevelt ran for president under the Bull-Moose Party which was because he had bragged that he felt as strong as a bull moose.