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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt was born in Manhattan into a very wealthy family. He was home schooled, and attended Harvard University where he earned his degree. -
Named President when McKinley was assassinated
Following the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in, becoming the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
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Energy Crisis
In 1902 was the Anthracite Coal Strike in Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter work days, and recognition of their union. President Theodore Roosevelt became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike. The strike never resumed, as the miners expectations were given. It was the first labor dispute in which the US federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator.
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Elkins Act
Roosevelt pressed Congress to amend the Interstate Commerce Act. The Elkins Act of 1903 gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination and upheld the rates published by the Interstate Commerce Commission.This outlawed rebates and made the railroad company itself liable for punishment along with the entity receiving the refund.
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Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refugee
In 1903, President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. He established a network of 55 bird reservation and national game preserved for wildlife. Pelican Island was the first time that the federal government set aside land for the sake of wildlife.
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Wins first full term as President
During the United States presidential election Roosevelt was elected a term of his own. Roosevelt won a landslide victory, taking every northern and western state, blowing Parker out of the water.
https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-progressive-era-1890-1917-22/roosevelt-s-progressivism-1434/the-election-of-1904-1530-8768/ -
Yosemite under Federal Control
In 1906, President Roosevelt met with naturalist John Muir and, this resulted in the signature on the Yosemite Recession Bill.This Joint Resolution accepted the recession by the State of California of the Yosemite Valley Grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, now the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, which withdrew them from state protection and put them under federal protection, making them part of Yosemite National Park.
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Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act
In 1906 Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. The acts emerged during the Progressive Era, a time when the federal government took on a new and much more active role in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. Of all the laws passed during the Progressive Era, no legislation proved more successful and more enduring than the 1906 food and drug legislation.
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Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
The Devil's Tower is raised 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. This tower is known to have many tribes tied to it. In 1906 Theodore Roosevelt brought national attention to the Devil's Tower by the signing of the Antiquities Act. This Act gave the president power to set aside national monument. The Devil's Tower being the first.
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Devils Tower, Wyoming
Rising 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River is the Devils Tower. This Tower is known to have tied many tribes together. In 1906 Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act, which gave the president the authority to set aside national monuments. The Devils Tower being the first.
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Leaves Presidency, visits Africa
In 1909, former President Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit and several others departed New York City bound for Mombasa, Kenya on what was heavily publicized as a scientific expedition. Roosevelt and the others also chronicled the wildlife and habitat of the region and collected specimens that formed the basis of the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum collection.
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Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party of 1912 formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt was an American political party after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft. The party also became known as the Bull Moose Party. In November Roosevelt was defeated by Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson, who benefited from the divided Republican Party.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-nominated-as-bull-moose-candidate
