Teddy Roosevelt

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  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    George Washington won the first full term election. He served from 1789-1797, he was also a founding father and a leader in the revolunitnary war
  • Named president when Mckinley is assassinated

    Named president when Mckinley is assassinated

    Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president after Mckinley was assassinated. Served from 1901-1909
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Teddy Roosevelt established Pelican island in the Indian river lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act

    Authorized the ICC to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates

  • Yosemite

    Califorina legisautre agreed to return Yosemite Valley to federal control
  • Passage of pure food and drug act

    Passage of pure food and drug act

    This prevents the manufacture, sale or transportation of misbranded or posionous foods, drugs or medicines and liquors
  • Devils Tower

    Devils Tower

    A igneous rock in the black hills near Wyoming. Declared the first United States National Monument, established in 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt.

  • Runs for presidency unsuccesfully

    a group of republicians dissatified with the renomination of President Taft
  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

    Oil shock occurred in the US due to decreased oil output