Teddy Roosevelt timeline

By Gavin/Locklear1
  • roosevelt was born

    roosevelt was born

    roosevelt was born on october 27th of 1858 in new york.
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    Yosemite under Federal Control

    In the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, Congress authorized presidents to proclaim permanent forest reserves on the public domain. the park is under federal control until 1906
  • Roosevelt becomes president

    Roosevelt becomes president

    After president mckinley was assassinated, Roosevelt had become president making him the youngest in history
  • energy crisis

    energy crisis

    A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine
  • elkins act was passed

    elkins act was passed

    The Elkins Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, who introduced a bill in 1902 at the behest of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.
  • passage of pure food and drug act

    passage of pure food and drug act

    on 30 June 1906 President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, known simply as the Wiley Act, a pillar of the Progressive era.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monumet

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monumet

    President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    The party set sail from New York City on the steamer Hamburg on March 23, 1909, shortly after the end of Roosevelt's presidency on March 4.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Roosevelt grew frustrated with Taft's conservatism and belatedly tried and failed to win the 1912 Republican presidential nomination. He founded the new Progressive Party and ran in the 1912 election, and the split allowed the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson to win the election.