Theodore Roosevelt's Life and Events

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  • Birth of Theodore Roosevelt

    Birth of Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on October 27, 1858 in New York City.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    A 28-year-old man named Leon Czolgosz assassinated McKinley at the Expo leaving Teddy Roosevelt as the president.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    The Elkins Act was passed during the Progressive movement in order to carry on the authority of the Interstate Commerce Act.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    This island was created by Theodore Roosevelt in order to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting.
  • Wins First Full Term as President

    Wins First Full Term as President

    Republican, President Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. Parker in the presidential election of 1904. Roosevelt wins with over double the amount of electoral votes and over 2 million popular votes.
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

    President Roosevelt felt it was necessary to send oil back to Israel not only because Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on a holiday, but because the Soviet Union continued to supply both countries with arms. Because of this OAPEC reduced their petroleum production and made an embargo on oil shipments to the United States and the Netherlands, the main supporters of Israel.
  • Yosemite Under Federal Control

    Yosemite Under Federal Control

    Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906 Yosemite went under federal control.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation’s first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devils Tower is a national monument founded by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is approximately 867 from its base to its summit.
  • Leaves Presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves Presidency, visits Africa

    Roosevelt's main goal heading into Africa was to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. Overall, they ended up collected 1,100 specimens including 500 big game.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Roosevelt (head of the bull-moose party) ran against Taft (head of the republican party and lost in the election.