Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

By chance helms

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born
    Roosevelt assumed the presidency aged 42, and is the youngest person to become U.S. president. As a leader of the progressive movement

  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated
    Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th president the day after McKinley died

  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
    a major labor dispute in the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania where miners, represented by the United Mine Workers of America, went on strike demanding better working conditions

  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed
    forbade the common railroad industry practice of offering rebates for large-volume shippers.

  • 7. Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    7. Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
    created in 1903 to safeguard the last remaining nesting habitat for brown pelicans and other wading birds on America's East Coast

  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President
    Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican president Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee

  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control
    Yosemite came under full federal control in 1890 when it was officially established as a National Par

  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate

  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
    In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the first national monument under the new Antiquities Act

  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
    Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt

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  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa
    The Hamburg leaves her pier, with many tugs ranged about her." April 18, 1909. Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), Image 42. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
    In June of 1910, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) returns from a lengthy expedition to Africa. A popular topic in the press, readers were fascinated both by former President Roosevelt as well as his destination