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Roosevelt recruited a diverse group of cowboys, miners, law enforcement officials, and Native Americans to join the Rough Riders. They participated in the capture of Kettle Hill and then charged across a valley to assist in the seizure of San Juan Ridge. His political career ignited as he returned as a war hero and national celebrity. -
He becomes President because President McKinley was assassinated, He then became the youngest President of the U.S. -
A strike by the United Stated Mineworkers. Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution -
Made government funding available for such public works. In 1902, it created the beginning of an ambitious federal program of irrigation and hydroelectric development in the West. -
Intended to prevent Railroads from giving rebates to preferred companies. Also, made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Established Roosevelt’s reputation as a “trust buster." It was the first example of Roosevelt’s use of anti-trust legislation to dismantle a monopoly. -
After Roosevelt acceded to the presidency in 1901. Roosevelt’s progressive policies toward business and labor took an active role in breaking up corporate monopolies. -
Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control. A decade later, when the National Park Service formed in 1916, Yosemite had its own agency to protect it, thanks to Roosevelt’s efforts. -
Prohibited the sale of spoiled or "fake" livestock and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, which was a pillar of the Progressive era. The beginning of regulating food and drugs and improved medical care for people sickened by unsafe food. -
The purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. He liked to hunt. -
The Bull Moose Party was known as the Progressive party. Formed after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé and conservative rival, incumbent President William Howard Taft.