Roosevelt timelne

  • Theodore Roosevelt was born

  • Roosevelt named president after McKinley assassiation

    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.
  • Roosevelt elected

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    energy crisis

    Coal miners in the anthracite coalfields went on strike for higher wages
  • elkins act passed

  • pelican island, Florida, first wildlife refuge

    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.
  • yosemite

    Yosemite under federal control
  • the passage of the pure food and drug act

    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.
  • devils tower

    Devil's Tower in Wyoming was named the first national monument
  • Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

    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
  • Roosevelt unsuccessfully runs for the bull moose party

    He formed this new party after failing to secure the Republican nomination from his former ally, incumbent President William Howard Taft.