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Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919)
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Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
"Rough Riders" are enlisted cowboys and college men led by Teddy Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrived in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill which was a major battle of the Spanish–American War. -
National Reclamation Act
Teddy Roosevelt signed an act that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands typically in the west. -
Coal Strike
It began after mine operators refused to meet with representatives of the United Mine Workers of America due to the conditions in which they work. Miners protested for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. It helped strengthen labor leaders and progressive businessmen who fought for labor peace -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination which was extremely supported by larger railroad companies and also expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission which allowed them to set maximum rates for the freight fees -
Teddy Roosevelt and the Northern Securities Case
Established President Theodore Roosevelt’s reputation as a “trust buster,” that would reach the Supreme Court in 1904. It was the first example of Roosevelt’s use of anti-trust legislation to dismantle monopolies, for example, a holding company controlling the railroad lines from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest. -
1st time named President
Roosevelt became the president at age of 42 after McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. He became the 26th president and was significant because he led progressive reforms and a created a strong foreign policy -
Wins first full term as President
The 1904 election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, that took place on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. -
Meat inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. It is significant because the law reformed the meatpacking industry and enforced that the USDA is to inspect all edible livestock before and after they were slaughtered and processed for humans to eat to ensure safety. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Congress moved the legislation that would prevent “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs or medicines, and liquors.” and Teddy Roosevelt signed. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Congress laid out 1,500 square miles of land for what would become Yosemite National Park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove went under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
He went to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum after leaving New York. Landing in Mombasa in 1909, Roosevelt spent months in East Africa, of what is now Kenya and Uganda and collecting specimens and hunting big game. -
Teddy Roosevelt Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party was known as the Bull Moose Party when Roosevelt stated that he was "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912 at the Chicago convention.