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Teddy Roosevelt

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  • TR the rough rider at San Juan Hill

    TR the rough rider at San Juan Hill
    Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders to San Juan Heights where they assaulted the portion later called Kettle Hill by the Americans.

  • First time named president

    First time named president
    After the assassination of William Mckinley, Roosevelt assumed he was going to be the next president. He was then announced president for the first time in September, 1901. The significance was that Roosevelt was the youngest president thus far.

  • Coal strike

    Coal strike
    A strike by the United Mine Workers of America in eastern Pennsylvania. The strikes were for higher pay, shorter workdays, and recognition in their union. The strike affected America by threatening to shut down the fuel supply in largely populated U.S cities. Roosevelt tired to persuade the union to end the strike by promising that he would make an effort to study the causes of the strike and make a solution.

  • National Reclamation Act

    National Reclamation Act
    The Reclamation Act funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the West. Roosevelt wanted to help the welfare of the west and he showed the importance of helping it flourish, and so he signed the act. The act irrigated the west through a series of dams on waterways.

  • The Elkins Act gets passed

    The Elkins Act gets passed
    Teddy Roosevelt signed the act that was intended to forbid railroads from providing discounts to preferred customers.

  • Wins first full term as president

    Wins first full term as president
    Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who won from the death of another president. Roosevelt took office in September 1901 following the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley.

  • The Northern Securities case

    The Northern Securities case
    The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had basically formed a monopoly and dissolved the Northern Securities Company. Roosevelt instructed his Justice Department to break up this holding company on the grounds that it was an illegal combination acting in restraint of trade.

  • Yosemite under federal control

    Yosemite under federal control
    Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land for what would become Yosemite National Park. This was America's third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley.

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    Teddy Roosevelt signed a piece of legislation that prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and extracted products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.

  • Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act
    Almost 100 bills had been sent to Congress to regulate food and drugs. On June 30th, 1906, Teddy Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act.

  • Roosevelt leaves his presidency and visits Africa

    Roosevelt leaves his presidency and visits Africa
    Roosevelt took an expedition to Africa with the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to collect species for the National Museum of History.

  • Roosevelt runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party

    Roosevelt runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
    Roosevelt ran for president in the Progressive Party (a third party) after he lost the nomination of the Republican Party to William Howard Taft. He did not end up winning the election.