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The rough riders were a group of diverse volunteers that seized kettle hill by heavy fire. This helped lead too the Spanish surrender. -
The coal strike was when approximately 147,000 United Mine Workers struck for better wages, shorter hours, and union recognition. The strike threatened a winter fuel shortage and led President Theodore Roosevelt to intervene. This happened in 1902. -
In 1901, vice president Teddy Roosevelt was appointed president after William McKinley, who was president at the time, was assassinated. -
The National Reclamation Act of 1902 funded large-scale irrigation projects in the U.S. using revenue from the sale of public lands. -
The Elkins Act ended the practice of railroads granting rebates to high volume shippers to gain their business. This was Teddy Roosevelt supported this act and it was passed in 1903. -
Teddy Roosevelt was elected to his first full term as President in the 1904 presidential election. -
The Northern Securities Case was a 1904 Supreme Court decision where President Teddy Roosevelt's administration sued the Northern Securities Company. -
The Meat Inspection Act is a law that requires all meat must be inspected. They must be killed and processed in sanitary conditions. This was enacted in 1906 and the purpose was to give safer meat. This act was signed by Teddy Roosevelt. -
Though it was initially gifted to the state of California by President Lincoln in 1864, the federal government took back control of Yosemite in 1906. -
In 1906 the act was passed and signed into law by Teddy Roosevelt. This act prohibited the interstate sale of adulterated or misbranded food and drugs. -
Teddy Roosevelt mainly left the presidency to go to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian institution, to fulfill his passion for hunting and adventure, and to give William Taft space to govern. This was the year of 1909. -
The creation of the Bull Moose Party in 1912 split the Republican vote between Roosevelt and Taft, clearing the way for Woodrow Wilson to win the presidency.