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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Mother was Mittie Bulloch and was born in New York City at 28 East 20th St. Was the oldest son. -
Returns from the Spanish-American War as a hero
Roosevelt resigned his post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy and petitioned Secretary of War Alger to allow him to form a volunteer regiment. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Teddy moves up from vice president to president of the U.S. -
Energy Crisis
Price increase in the supply of energy resources to an economy. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Roosevelt signed an Executive Order the permanently set aside the 3 acre island as a wildlife sanctuary -
Elkins Act Passed
U.S. federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates. -
Wins first full term as President
Crushed the conservative Democrat Alton Parker in the election. In a fit of jubilation, he promised not to seek a third term in office. He will regret his promise by 1908. -
Yosemite under Federal control
Roosevelt camped with Muir 3 nights in 1903 and convinced him to take control of the valley and grove away from California and give it to the federal gov. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
U.S. federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisionus patent medicines. -
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Used the 1906 Antiquities Act to create the monument based on natural rather than cultural features. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Left with his expeditionary from New York for Africa -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Frustrated with President Taft's policies, Roosevelt decides to reenter politics
