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TR the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill
The "Rough Riders" enlisted cowboys and college men led by Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrived in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill. -
National Reclamation Act
The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
The Coal strike
It was the first labor dispute in which the U.S. federal government and President Theodore Roosevelt intervened as a neutral arbitrator. -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate and the shipper receiving it liable under the law. -
Wins first full term as President
President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee which made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right. -
TR and the Northern Securities Case
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a holding company formed to create a railroad monopoly violated the Sherman Antitrust Law. The government's victory in the case helped solidify President Theodore Roosevelt's reputation as a “trustbuster. -
Theodore Roosevelt Named President
With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation’s history. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
He signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The basis of the law rested on the regulation of product labeling rather than pre-market approval. -
Meat inspection Act
An act that prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Teddy Roosevelt left the United States to go to Africa because he wanted to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. -
TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
Political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912.