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Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York, New York on October 27th, 1858 to the businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr., and his wife Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, an American socialite.
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Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of the Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees
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Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President after the assassination of President William McKinley.
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After William McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt stepped into office on September 14, 1901, becoming the youngest president at the age of 42
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Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their union. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to major American cities.
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t authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates
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President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
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Also called Grizzly Bear Lodge, was named the first National monument by Roosevelt in 1906
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Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what is now Kenya and Uganda.
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Bull Moose Party, formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912
