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Teddy Roosevelt is Bron
The future President Theodore Roosevelt was born to an affluent family in New York City on October 27, 1858. Roosevelt was home-schooled and later, graduating in 1880, attended Harvard University. From 1881 to 1884, he served in the New York state legislature. -
Mckinley is assassinated and Roosevelt is sworn in.
After the assassination of William McKinley, who was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, Roosevelt became President. On the 14th of September, 1901, McKinley died. As Roosevelt took the oath of office. -
Teddy Roosevelt signed Elkins Act
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was allowed by the Act to place heavy fines on the railways that provided rebates and the shippers that accepted those rebates. -
Teddy Roosevelt established Pelican Island
Established by the executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, Pelican Island was the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. -
Teddy Roosevelt is elected president
The 1904 United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904, was the 30th quadrennial presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt won. -
Teddy Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906
He signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control. -
The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
This Act banned the selling in interstate commerce of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs and laid the groundwork for the first consumer protection department in the nation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
President Theodore Roosevelt declared the Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906, largely due to the influence of Mondell. -
Teddy Roosevelt leaves presidency and visits Africa
Teddy went on the expedition in Africa and collected around 11,400 animal specimens which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. -
Teddy Roosevelt vs. Rockefeller
Roosevelt campaigned relentlessly against Rockefeller, who had transformed Standard Oil into a monopoly through ruthless business practices. Standard immediately appealed to the Supreme Court, and in May 1911, the Supreme Court justices upheld the Federal court ruling and gave Standard Oil six months to dissolve itself. -
Teddy Roosevelt representative of the Bull-Moose party loses Presidency
The election of 1912, was the 32nd US presidential election and came down to these two candidates; Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft. In the end, Taft won because of his support from the republican party and the conservative wing. Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the USA.