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Theodore Roosevelt was born
Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York. Teddy Roosevelt's parents are Martha and Theodore Sr. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Teddy Roosevelt was the governor of New York before becoming VP. He was ran out of New York because of his controversial ideologies. He became president when McKinley was assassinated and he was made immediate President of the United States. -
Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins act was passed in regard to interstate commerce. The act allowed for interstate commerce commission to put fines on railroads that had rebates attached to them. Theodore Roosevelt had pushed for this act to be passed. -
Pelican Island
Pelican Island is the first nature preserve in the US. Roosevelt was a huge conversationalist and wanted to make sure that the animals were taken care of. He had done this down in Florida in efforts to save the pelicans. -
Roosevelt wins first full term as president
Roosevelt had won his first running at president in 1904. He had run against Parker and had won the northern and western states. This was Roosevelt's first time running for president because when he was first president was because McKinley died and he had been VP at the time. -
Energy Crisis
The Energy Crisis that had happened during Roosevelt's active duty as president was the Moroccan Crisis. The Moroccan Crisis was when a German official showed support to Morocco which had upset our allies in Europe. This was one of the reasons that World War I had started from the upset in major European Powers. -
Passage or Pure food and drug act
The Pure food and drug act was enacted by Roosevelt to properly label all foods produced. Roosevelt had enacted this after the book 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair was published about the unsanitary meat factories. he enacted this to ensure the public's safety when it comes to knowing what is in your food. -
Devil's Tower, First National Monument
The Devils tower was the first national monument in the US. Roosevelt was president at the time and was the person who named the first national monument. This monument is a huge rock that has a tower like structure to it and has no vegetation growing on it. -
Yosemite under federal control
Yosemite had become the first national park of the United States. Roosevelt was acting president whenever Yosemite had became the first national Park. He had taken jurisdiction from the state over this land and made it a national park. -
Leaves Presidency, Goes to Africa
Roosevelt was president for eight years before he decided to resign. When he resigned he went away to Africa to spend some time for himself in the safaris spread across Africa. He shocked people whenever they discovered he was overseas relaxing. -
Loses president Race
Roosevelt runs with the bull-moose party and loses president race. He loses the race to Taft. Taft was a republican running for office
