Roosevelt timeline

Theodore Roosevelt is born

1858

Roosevelt is born on october 27th in New York.

Yosemite under Federal Control

1890

Creates Yosemite National Park.

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

1901

Roosevelt was vice president when president Mckinley was shot and killed and Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United states.

Elkins Act passed

1903

This act forbade the common railroad industry practice of offering rebates for large-volume shippers.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

1903

This was the first national wildlife refuge, that was established by Roosevelt.

Wins first full term as President

1904

Roosevelt wins first full term in office after being president for a little less than a year due to the assassination of the former president.

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

1906

This national monument is a big rock located in wyoming.

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

1906

Regulations on foods and drugs are passed in order to protect the consumer.

Leaves presidency, visits Africa

1909

Roosevelt was the first president to visit Africa and North America.

Runs for president, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

1912

formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912. First third party to win second for the presidential election.

Energy crisis

1979

The 1979 oil crisis or oil shock occurred in the world due to decreased oil output in the wake of the Iranian Revolution.