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Theodore Roosevelt is born
In 1858, future President Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City to a rich family. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-is-born
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, The vice president, was sworn in to replace him. Roosevelt was forty-two years old, the youngest man ever to ever be president of the United States. http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/roosevelt-becomes-president-99975444/115898.html
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Energy Crisis
In the Coal Strike of 1902, thousands of miners went on strike and left their jobs due to labor rights and wages. This caused a threat to shutdown the coal mines, which would later create an energy crisis. Theodore Roosevelt stepped in to set up the Anthracite Strike Commission, bringing the five-month strike to an end. http://explorepahistory.com
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Elkins Act Passed
Teddy Roosevelt supported the Elkins Act of 1903 which gave the federal courts power to end rate discrimination. The act was supported by larger railroad companies, and upheld the rates published by the Interstate Commerce Commission. http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx
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Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon was the first federal bird reservation, founded by Theodore Roosevelt. This gave birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html
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Wins first full term as President
In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt won the election to presidency on his own, proceeding his time in office after the assassination of William McKinley. He was the first president to do this after the untimely death of his predecessor. https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/
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Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
President Theodore Roosevelt showed his progressiveness by ensuring the passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906, this was followed by the Pure Food and Drug Act, passed in 1906. It was to be applied to all goods to prevent the selling and distributing of goods processed in unhealthy and unsafe conditions. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h917.html
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Yosemite under Federal Control
Environmentalist John Muir takes Roosevelt to Yosemite, attempting to persuade him to take the land under federal control and establish it as a national park. Roosevelt did so in 1906. http://www.humanitiestexas.org/archives/digital-repository/theodore-roosevelt-and-john-muir-glacier-point-yosemite-valley
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Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument 2
Teddy Roosevelt set aside 1,153 acres of land surrounding Devils Tower after being convinced by Wyoming representative, Frank Mondell, to keep the land as a nature preservation. https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-monument-established.htm
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Leaves presidency to visit Africa
After Theodore Roosevelt left presidency in 1909, Roosevelt embarked an epic 11-month, 2,500-mile safari through British East Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, killing over 11.000 animals including elephants, rhinos and hippos. These animals are featured as famous pieces of taxidermy in Smithsonian museums http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/site/c.elKSIdOWIiJ8H/b.8344379/k.2B69/The_Hunter.htm
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Theodore Roosevelt runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
A group of dissatisfied republicans, also known as the progressive party, nominated Theodore Roosevelt after the renomination of President William Howard Taft. The progressive party (aka Bull Moose Party) was characterized by the direct elections of senators, woman's suffrage, reduction of tariffs, and lots of social reforms. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-nominated-as-bull-moose-candidate
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