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Theodore Roosevelt Born
He was the 26th youngest U.S. president at age 42. He is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms, and ecological preservation. He ended the Russo-Japanese war and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. -
Spanish American War hero
Roosevelt joined Colonel Leonard Wood's first U.S Volunteer Cavalry which is known as the Rough Riders. He was one of the most activist presidents in U.S. history. He published a book titles The Rough Riders in 1899. -
Roosevelt becomes president when McKinley was assassinated
McKinley was shot at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York a 28 year old man named Leon Czolgosz shoots him twice in his chest. Roosevelt was immediately sworn in to presidency. -
Encounters bear club while hunting
Teddy Roosevelt didn't want to kill bear cubs. His friend is someone who makes up new innovations of toys. When he made the teddy bear he named it after Roosevelt because he liked the bear cubs and didn't want to kill them. -
Energy crisis
Andrew Jackson became a strikebreaker in 1834 when he sent troops to the construction sites of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. The working conditions was very harsh. Mine operators demanded shorter hours and more pay. They turned to President Roosevelt for help. -
Pelican Island
Paul Kroegel became the staunch protector and enlisted the support of noted ornithologists who helped establish Audubon societies. President Roosevelt signed an executive order in 1903 that set side the three-acre island as a wildlife sanctuary and that made Pelican island the first National Wildlife Refuge. There is about 500 refuges totaling over 93 million acres. -
Elkins Act
It is a federal law that amended the interstate commerce act. It imposed heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and for the shippers that didn't accept these rebates. Railroad companies were not allowed to offer rebates. -
Full term as president
He was able to pursue a number of bold Progressive reforms. The republicans emphasized Roosevelt's success in foreign affairs and his record of firmness against monopolies. Roosevelt had every region except the south. -
Yosemite under federal control
Muir successfully created Yosemite Park in 1892 and asked for additional protections when he toured Roosevelt's park. His words to Roosevelt led to the return of Yosemite Grant to the federal government in 1906. His writing were also inspired in the creation of the Grand Canyon. -
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, named the first national monument
Devil's tower is made up of igneous rocks. It is sacred to many tribes like the Lakota. It is one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America. -
Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
It's an act that prevented poisonous food, drugs, medicines, liquors to be sold to the public. The examinations of the specimens of foods and drugs should be made in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture or under someone supervision of a Bureau. Harvey Washington Wiley was the main person behind this act. -
Roosevelt leaves presidency and visits Africa
He appointed his close friend Taft and he won. He then went to Africa to hunt big game and collect specimen for the Smithsonian Institution. He collected 1,100 specimens and 500 big game. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull Moose Party
Taft would go out to people and say that Roosevelt is a "flatterer of the people" and Roosevelt responded by calling him a "fathead" and a "puzzle wit". At First Roosevelt had the upper hand but then the Old Guard favored Taft and they controlled the committee tasked with assigning the rest of the delegates. Taft won the nomination with a couple handshakes here and there.
