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born in New York into one of the old Dutch families which had settled in America in the seventeenth century -
Vice President of William Mckinley but when he got assassinated Theodore Roosevelt became 42nd president of the United States -
also called Coal Strike. Mine owners refused to bargain and strike threatened fuel needs of the nation -
to stop the practice of railroad rebates and gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination -
Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds -
an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills -
Halts sale of contaminated foods. Requires truth in labeling. -
the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park -
expedition to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian -
The Progressive Party was popularly nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination -
In his first “hundred days,” he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform.