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TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
The victory at San Juan Hill gave the Americans control of the heights overlooking the Spanish stronghold of Santiago and doomed the Spanish to defeat in Cuba. -
TR 1st time named President
After Vice President Garret Hobart died in 1899, the New York state party leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 election. -
Coal Strike
The Coal strike of 1902 (also known as the anthracite coal strike) was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. -
National Reclamation Act
The Reclaimation Act of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the America -
Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Wins first full term as President
Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him -
TR and the Northern Securities Case
Roosevelt's Department of Justice prosecuted the Northern Securities Company for violating the Sherman Act. In 1904, the Supreme Court agreed with the administration's position, and ordered the Northern Securities company dissolved. For Roosevelt, this proved a great victory. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a piece of U.S legislation that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
He signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control. -
Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act
Since 1879, nearly 100 bills had been introduced in Congress to regulate food and drugs on June 30, 1906. President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drug Act, known simply as the Wiley Act. -
Leaves Presidency, Visits Africa
Following Taft's inauguration in 1909, T.R. set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new museum -
TR Runs for Presidency in Bull-Moose Party
A third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé and conservative rival, president William Taft.