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McKinley died from complications from the gunshot wound. Theodore Roosevelt was in the Adirondack Mountains at the time and was rushed back to Buffalo to take the oath of office.
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roosevelt elected
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Coal miners in the anthracite coalfields went on strike for higher wages
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This action created the foundation for the National Wildlife Refuge System and was a crucial step in wildlife conservation, driven in part by local residents who sought to protect the island's birds from overhunting.
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Yosemite under federal control
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When President Theodore Roosevelt signed it into law. The act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and was a landmark piece of consumer protection legislation.
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Devil's Tower in Wyoming was named the first national monument
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Just 12 days after leaving office in March 1909, Theodore Roosevelt embarked on a major scientific and hunting expedition to Africa. Known as the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, the trip was a year-long safari through British East Africa (now Kenya) and the Belgian Congo
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He formed this new party after failing to secure the Republican nomination from his former ally, incumbent President William Howard Taft.