Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born
    Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th 1858, in New York
  • McKinley is assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    McKinley is assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
    After William Mckinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt, who was vice president at the time become president.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
    The Anthracite Coal Strike occurred in 1902 when coal workers of the United Mine Workers of America did a strike in the Anthracite Coal fields in east pennsylvania and demanded higher wages and shorter hours.
  • Pelican Island is named as the first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island is named as the first national wildlife refuge
    In 1903 Theodore Roosevelt designated the island as the first national wildlife refuge to protect the birds there.
  • Elkins Act Passed

    Elkins Act Passed
    In 1903, the Elkins Act was passed, stopping railroad companies from giving rebates to to companies that shipped a large amount of goods.
  • Wins first full term as president

    Wins first full term as president
    After serving his first term following the assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt would run again and win his first full term.
  • Yosemite under federal control

    Yosemite under federal control
    In 1906, California gave Yosemite National Park to the government
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
    Theodore Roosevelt named Devil's tower as the first national monument in 1906.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act is passed

    Pure Food and Drug Act is passed
    Passed in 1907, the Pure Food and Drug Act created the FDA and subjected food like meat to be inspected to insure it was good quality.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Goes to Africa

    Theodore Roosevelt Goes to Africa
    from 1909 to 1911 Theodore Roosevelt would be on an expedition in east Africa where he would be hunting big game.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Runs for president as part of the Bull-Moose Party

    Theodore Roosevelt Runs for president as part of the Bull-Moose Party
    In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt did not like how William Howard Taft was being president and ran again for president again as part of the Bull-Moose party for the following election. He would lose and Woodrow Wilson would win.