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Teddy Roosevelt Is Born
Born and grew up in Oyster Bay New York -
Yosemite Under Federal Control
In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California. -
McKinley was assassinated
Czolgosz, a Polish immigrant, grew up in Detroit and worked as a child laborer in a steel mill. As a young adult, he gravitated toward socialist and anarchist ideologies. He claimed to have killed McKinley because the president was the head of what Czolgosz thought was a corrupt government. -
Unsuccess for the presidency and the Bull Moose Party
Roosevelt grew frustrated with Taft's brand of conservatism and belatedly tried to win the 1912 Republican nomination for president. He failed, walked out, and founded the Progressive Party. He ran in the 1912 presidential election and the split allowed the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson to win the election. -
Energy Crisis
Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution, which Roosevelt promised to support with all of the authority of his office. -
Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act of 1903 was named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia. This piece of legislation was championed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to end the practice of rebates. Rebates were refunds to businesses that shipped large quantities on the railroads, and many railroad companies disliked it. -
Pelican Island
Established by the executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, Pelican Island was the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. -
Teddy wins the first full term as president
Roosevelt expanded the Navy and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project American naval power. His successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt was elected to a full term in 1904 and continued to promote progressive policies. -
Pure food and drug acts passed
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Devil's Tower (Wyoming)
President Theodore Roosevelt was known for his love of nature and sought to set aside parts of the United States for conservation purposes. He selected Devil's Tower as the nation's first national monument based on its cultural and historical significance. -
Teddy Roosevelt Leaves The Presidency (Goes to Africa)
“The life of strenuous endeavor” was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics.