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The Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
The Rough Riders enlisted cowboys and college men led by Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrived in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill. -
1st Time named president
After the assassination of president McKinley, Theodore took office as the 26th president. He brought new power to the presidency. He became the youngest president in the nations history. -
Coal Strike
The Coal Strike was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. -
National Reclamation Act
The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
Yosemite under Federal control
Teddy Roosevelt visited Muir in Yosemite. Guided into the Yosemite wilderness by naturalist John Muir, the president went on a three-day wilderness trip that started at the Mariposa Grove, and among other points of interest in Yosemite National Park. -
The Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Northern Securities case
In Northern Securities Co. v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a holding company formed to create a railroad monopoly violated the Sherman Antitrust Law. The government's victory in the case helped solidify President Theodore Roosevelt's reputation as a “trustbuster.” -
Wins first full term as president
Teddy defeats democrat candidate. Roosevelt’s win marked the first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Nearly 100 bills had been introduced in Congress to regulate food and drugs. President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, The basis of the law rested on the regulation of product labeling rather than pre-market approval. -
Meat Inspection act
The Meat Inspection act was a piece of U.S. legislation, that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Leaves presidency, Visits Africa
Teddy set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. His decision was based on his desire to leave the political stage to his successor and on his natural need for action. -
Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose party
The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party