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9. Theodore Roosevelt is born
Roosevelt is born on October 27, 1858 -
11. Yosemite under Federal Control
Yosemite National Park is created -
10. Wins first full term as President
McKinley was attending the Pan -American Exposition in Buffalo -
5. Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US president -
2. Elkins Act passed
Forbade the common railroad industry -
7. Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge -
6. Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Banned the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs -
1. Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
The first National Monument -
4. Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Following Tafts inauguration in 1909 -
8. Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Bull Moose Party, formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912;