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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch on October 27, 1858. Information: http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424#early-life
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Named President when McKinley is Assassinated
Roosevelt was urged to run as McKinley's vice-president by the New York state's political bosses. Nearly six months into McKinley's second term as president, he was assassinated which made Roosevelt the new president. Picture: http://www.iiipublishing.com/politics/us/presidents/images/assassination_mckinley.jpg -
Energy Crisis
An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. This occurred after the Coal Strike of 1902 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Information: https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/coalstrike.htm
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Elkins Act was Passed
The Elkins Act made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to receive, rebate for using particular railroads. Picture: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/8862253/elkins_act.jpg?1474651678 -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. At the end of his presidency he named nine more reservations and Florida. Information and Picture: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html -
Wins first full term as President
After filling in for McKinley, Roosevelt became known as a "trust-buster". Although many people referred to Roosevelt as a "trust-buster", he gained much support from conservative Republicans and business interests against the Democrats in the 1904 election. Information: http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt
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Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act occurred after Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley brought attention to the harmful preservatives to food. This act halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling. Picture: https://goo.gl/images/rCLiW6 -
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, Named First National Monument
Representative Frank W. Mondell worked to create a plan to have the area preserved as a national monument. Due to Mondell's large influence, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devil's Tower as a national monument on September 24, 1906. Information: https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-monument-established.htm
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Yosemite under Federal Control
Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, were conservation who were worried about the vast meadows around the park getting overran by domestic sheep grazing. Therefore, the sate controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park in 1906. Information: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established
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Leaves Presidency, Visits Africa
After Theodore Roosevelt decided not to run again in 1908 for president, he nominated William Taft. After Taft's inauguration, Roosevelt set out to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. Information and Picture: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tr.htm -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Roosevelt was nominated for the Bull-Moose Party by a group of Republicans who were dissatisfied with Taft's renomination. Information: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-nominated-as-bull-moose-candidate
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