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Theodore Roosevelt was born
Theodore Roosevelt was born in Manhattan,NY to Theodore Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He was the second child of Four. -
The Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy. He resigned in 1898 to organize the Rough Riders, the first voluntary cavalry in the Spanish-American War. -
Became President
Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of president William McKinley. -
The Coal Strike of 1902
President Theodore Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting at the temporary White House at 22 Lafayette Place, Washington, D.C. A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. -
The Elkins Act
The Elkins Act was the United States federal law the amemded he insterstate commerce act of 1887. The law was sponsored by President Theodore Roosevlet as a part of his " square deal". -
Pelican Island
Established by an excutive order of Theodore Roosevelt, Pelican Island was the first national wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. -
Yosemite Under Federal Control
Theodore Roosevelt camped with John Muir for three days, Muir convinced Roosevelt to take control of the valley and the grove away from califorina and give it to the federal government. -
The Pure Food And Drug Act
The Pure Food And Drug Act was signed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, it provented the manufacture, sale, or transpertation of adulterated, misbranded or poisonous foods. -
Devil's Tower
Devil's Tower was the first declared United States National Monument. Established by Theodore Roosevelt. -
Theodore Visits Africa
Expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt, its purpose was to collect specimens for the smithsonians new natural history museum; they collected around 11,400 animal specimens. -
Bull Moose Party
A political Party formed by Theodore Roosevelt after a split in the republican party between him and William Howard Taft.
