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On this day Theodores Roosevelt became president due to the assassination of President William McKinley.
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United mine workers strike on low wages from big factories.
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President Theodore Roosevelt issues the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
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The construction of the Panama Canal begins.
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President Roosevelt mediates the settlement of the Russo-Japanese War.
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The United States established the United States Forest Service.
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Roosevelt sends the "Great White Fleet" on a trip around the world.
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Muller vs. the state of Oregon was a landmark decision in United States Supreme Court history, as it relates to both sex discrimination and labor laws
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William Howard Taft was elected president.
