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He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family Theodore Roosevelt, https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/, public domain -
Vice President, Teddy Roosevelt, became president after President William Mckiney was assassinated. Theordore Roosevelt, whitehouse.gov, public domain -
A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine The Coal Strike of 1902: Turning Point in U.S. Policy, https://www.dol.gov/, https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/coalstrike, public domain -
Prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses that ship large quantities of goods and giving power to those businesses to artificially lower shipping prices Elkins Act Ends Rail Rebates, www.annenbergclassroom.org, https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/timeline_event/elkins-act, public domain -
Teddy Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters Pelican Island, www.fws.gov, public domain -
Republican candidate wins presidential election against Democrat Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt’s win marked the first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency United States presidential election of 1904, https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1904, public domain -
Teddy Roosevelt established Yosemite as a national park in 1906, which meant there would be federal protection of the park by the United States Government. Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, https://www.humanitiestexas.org/archives/digital-repository/theodore-roosevelt, public domain -
he FDA was created to "prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medications, and liquors." The FDA, https://library.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/snake%C2%A0oil%C2%A0-social%C2%A0media-drug-advertising-your-health/food-and-drug-administration-continued, public domain -
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument Devils Tower, https://www.nps.gov/, https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm, public domain -
After Taft was inaugurated, Roosevelt took an expedition to Africa. While there he collected 1,000 specimens including 500 big game. Once he returned, he jumped back into politics. On Safari With Theodore Roosevelt 1909, http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/, public domain -
Teddy Roosevelt left the Republican party and created a Progressive party called the Bull-Moose Party for the 1912 election. He lost against Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Bull Moose Party Born, https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history, public domain