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Birth
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was born on October 27th 1858 in New York -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Leon Czolgosz assassinated President William McKinley, Therefore the presidency was given to Theodore Roosevelt -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Pelican Island, the world's first national wildlife refuge, established in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Elkins Act passed
This law prohibited high fines on railroads that offered rebates.The law was passed by the 57th Congress and signed by President Roosevelt -
Wins first full term as President
on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Republican President Theodore Roosevelt beat the Democratic nominee, Alton B -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Muir brought Roosevelt to a Yosemite in an attempt to make him to take the land under federal control and establish it as a national park. afterwards Roosevelt did in 1906. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's has an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha). -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act did not allow the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and was the start to an agency that we still us today the Food and Drug Administration. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
During 1908 Theodore Roosevelt did not want to run again for the presidency . Taft easily won the election defeating William Jennings Bryan in his third and final attempt to gain the Oval Office. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
[President William Howard Taft. Also known as the Bull Moose Party, the Progressive platform called for the direct election of U.S. senators, woman suffrage, reduction of the tariff and many social reforms. Roosevelt, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909, embarked on a vigorous campaign as the party’s presidential candidate]-(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-nominated-as-bull-moose-candidate) -
Energy crisis
the energy crisis of the 1970s was an event of which energy was a problem like gasoline shortages and a series of petroleum embargoes.
