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In 1890, on October 1st, Yosemite National Park was created. It is home to many kinds of wildlife and a vast amount of vegetation. This landmarked the first time the U.S. government protected entertainment for the public and started the trend of national parks and state parks.
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The Rough Riders sought after San Juan hill in 1898. Teddy instantly stepped down from his position and formed a force with volunteers to protect San Juan Hill. The Rough Riders enlisted cowboys and men led by Teddy and put under the control of Leonard Wood. When arrived in Cuba, they immediately charged up the hill to battle. The volunteers were joined by the 10th Negro Calvary to help charge.
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The popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next period, McKinley's health declined until he finally passed on September 14th. The next day, Teddy Roosevelt was named president of the United States.
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This was a strike in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania, led by the United Mine Workers of America. Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their unions from Roosevelt in an attempt to persuade the union to end the strike.
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By order of Teddy Roosevelt, Pelican Island was established on March 14, 1903. It was created to be the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect birds from extinction through hunting.
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Roosevelt signed this Act to make it a misdemeanor for a carrier to impose preferential rebates and for both the carrier and the recipient of the low price.
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The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th election. Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or altered food and drugs in the interstate commerce. This was the country's first consumer protection agency, the FDA( Food and Drug Administration). The same day Theordore Roosevelt made the Federal Meat Inscpedction Act. The first federal law regulating food and drugs.
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President Roosevelt brought a spotlight to Devil's Tower by passing the Antiques Act, giving the president power to set aside national monuments. Devil's Tower was the first national monument of many to come.
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Roosevelt left New York to go to Africa on March 14, 1910. He traveled through Britain, East Africa, Belgium, Congo, and Sudan. The expedition ends in Khartoum, and Sudan having acquired thousands of natural specimens.
