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When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, the Rough Riders were a varied group of volunteer cavalrymen that fought in the field. The soldiers were commanded by TR, and they are most remembered for their resounding victory at San Juan Hill in Cuba. In order to confine the city of Santiago de Cuba, they supported the American troops in building a ring around the city. -
Theodore Roosevelt became president because William McKinley, who was the former president died and Roosevelt was his vice president so he had to step in and be the president. During the Progressive Era, Roosevelt authorized the government to dominate again and seize control. He also altered the government's relationship with large corporations. -
A strike broke out in Pennsylvania coal mines. Around 140,000 employees wanted a 20% salary raise, a 9-hour workday, and other changes. Coal supply dropped as mine owners refused to bargain. Roosevelt invited the striking miners and mining owners to the White House. Roosevelt despised the mining owners' arrogance. He threatened to take over the mines with federal forces. The owners caved in and 10% wage rise and a 9-hour workday -
The Reclamation Act of 1890 was a federal statute of the United States that provided funding for irrigation projects in the dry plains of 20 states in the American West. Because Texas did not have any federal lands, the legislation initially only applied to 13 of the western states. The state of Texas was admitted later, by way of a special statute enacted in 1906.
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The Elkins Act was enacted in 1903 to govern railroad firms known for their exorbitant charges and consumer abuse. The measure was intended to end railroad refunds. This legislation allowed the US to control additional railroads throughout the twentieth century. This and subsequent laws dealt a huge blow to railroads. This law was enacted during the Progressive Era when the government and the public inspected corporations.
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A holding corporation founded to create a railroad monopoly was found to have violated the Sherman Antitrust Act in the case Northern Securities Co. v. the United States, according to the United States Supreme Court. The government's success in the case contributed to the establishment of President Theodore Roosevelt's image as a "trustbuster."
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Roosevelt signed a Meat Inspection Act which is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of key consumer protection measures adopted by Congress in the 20th century, leading to the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration. Its primary goal was to prohibit international and interstate commerce in adulterated or mislabeled food and medicine items, and it instructed the United States Bureau of Chemistry to check products and send offenders to prosecutors.
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Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove, which had previously been under state authority, were brought under federal management alongside the rest of the park in 1906. It was the first piece of land to be conserved by the government because of its natural beauty, so that others may benefit from it.
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The trip's goal was to gather specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum, which is now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The expedition gathered around 11,400 animal specimens, which took eight years to classify by Smithsonian naturalists.
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TR founded the Progressive Party ("Bull Moose Party") in 1912 after losing the Republican Party's presidential candidacy to incumbent President William Howard Taft. The party's moniker, Bull Moose, came from Roosevelt's own description of his own power and vitality. He ran a spirited campaign and was shot by a lunatic in Wisconsin on his way to give a speech
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Roosevelt was re-elected in 1904 and continued to champion progressive causes. Entrepreneurs like Edward Harriman, Henry C. Frick, and J.P. Morgan contributed heavily to Roosevelt's campaign. The rich businessmen and others gave TR over $2 million. They backed him because they preferred him to a "predictable leader of an unpredictable party."
