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On October 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born to wealthy parents Alice Lee and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/theodoreroosevelt
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Upon noticing the beautiful meadows of Yosemite were being destroyed by domestic sheep grazing, environmentalist John Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson lobbied for Yosemite to gain government protect as a national Park. As a result congress outline 1,500 square miles of land as Yosemite National Park. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established
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On September 6, 1901 President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz. After seemingly to recover from an emergency surgery, McKinley died eight days later after the initial shot. McKinley's Vice President Roosevelt then succeeded him in presidency.
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Poor conditions and low pay of the northeastern Pennsylvania coal field workers sparked another strike by the United Miners Workers Association. Fearing that the absence of coal workers would start an energy crisis Roosevelt set up the Anthracite Strike Commission which granted many of the strikers demands for better conditions. http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-B7
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Devil's Tower Wyoming was dedicated as America's first national monument https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-monument-established.htm
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The Elkins Act helped to end rate discrimination on railroads. This act also helped uphold the fixed rates the ICC established and put and end to rebates http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx
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Theodore Roosevelt started the National Wildlife Refugee System with the establishment of Pelican Island, the first bird reservation, along the Indian River Lagoon in 1903. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html
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After finishing out William McKinley's presidential term, Roosevelt decided to run for a full term. Already beloved by the American people Roosevelt had the advantage during the 1904 presidential campaign against democratic candidate Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt won 336 electoral votes and 54.6% of the popular vote. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1904
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During this time many foods and medicines contained dangerous substances such as opium, cocaine, and alcohol. The passage of this stopped the selling of contaminated items and enforced companies to label their products truthfully https://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=9780547521503
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after his presidency ended, Roosevelt went to Africa accompanied by his son Kermit. There they enjoyed hunting and killed 512 wild animals including lions, rhinos, and elephants. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tr.htm
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Roosevelt decided to run for again in 1912. Unfortunately the republican party had voted Taft to be their candidate. Roosevelt didn't let this stop him, with a large group of supporters he ran as the third party candidate and formed the Bull-Moose Party. This split the republican party into two and Taft and Roosevelt ended up losing to the democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson. https://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=9780547521503
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