theodore roosevelt

By lainiebarbee987
  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    The birth of Theodore Roosevelt
  • Roosevelt took presidency after President was assassinated

    Roosevelt took presidency after President was assassinated

    Roosevelt was named president after Mckinley was shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY.
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

    A meeting was held at the temporary White House because Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. Strikebreakers were sent out temporarily until the issue was resolved.
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act

    This allowed federal courts the power to end rate discrimination
  • Pelican island

    Pelican island

    Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters.
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act

    Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce. This led to the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
  • Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite National Park

    John Muir took Roosevelt camping at Yosemite to persuade him to establish it as a national park.
  • Devils Tower

    Devils Tower

    The significant influence of Mondell prompted Roosevelt to declare Devil's Tower as the first national monument.
  • Roosevelt's trip to africa

    Roosevelt's trip to africa

    Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new natural history museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History.
  • Woodrow Wilson won presidency

    Woodrow Wilson won presidency

    Wilson defeated Taft and Roosevelt in the 1912 election. Roosevelt ran for the Bull-Moose Party. Wilison won 42% of the popular vote while Roosevelt only won 27%
  • Roosevelt's presidency

    Roosevelt's presidency

    Roosevelt won his first election for a full term as president.