Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in a brownstone townhouse in New York City
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    Granted Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to California for public use.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    When President William McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, Theodore Roosevelt, his Vice President, was sworn in as the 26th President of the United States.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Five-month labor dispute in Pennsylvania where 147,000 miners from the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) went on strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    U.S. federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 to eliminate the practice of railroad rebates.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt to protect nesting brown pelicans and other wading birds from plume hunting.
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    To win a first "full term" as President of the United States, a candidate must be elected through the Electoral College for a standard four-year term.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was passed in response to public outrage over the unsanitary and deceptive practices in the food and drug industries, a situation highlighted by Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    The monument protects a unique geological formation of igneous rock that rises 867 feet above the surrounding prairie, which is considered a sacred site by many Native American tribes.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    A notable example of a former president visiting Africa is Theodore Roosevelt, who led a major scientific expedition and hunting safari on the continent from 1909 to 1910.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    The former president who ran unsuccessfully for the Bull Moose Party was Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election.