Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City as a sickly child with asthma. Mother was Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and Father was Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    Theodore passed the Elkin act, which prevented railroad companies from giving refunds to shippers or customers who were favored, and both sides would've mostly practiced discrimnatory practices.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    William McKinley was shot in the stomach from an assassination attempt, but due to the severe wound, he succumbed to his injuries. As vice president, Theodore Roosevelt was elected president the same day as McKinley passed away on September 14.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    About 147,000 miners went on strike, asking for better pay, working conditions, and lower hours. This greatly affected America as coal was the main fuel of energy for America. Theodore Roosevelt stepped in as the first president to interfere with a work strike by giving them the hours they asked for, which was 9 hours and gave them half of the pay raise they asked fro, which as 20% but now 10%.
  • Pelican Island, Florida.named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida.named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island became one of the first national wildlife refuges for birds, but mainly for the pelicans. Theodore Roosevelt signed the executive order to make the island the first bird reservation. It protected the birds from overhunting for their plums.
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    after finshing Mckinleys term Theodore an for his own full term at the elction of 1904.He beat his opponent Alton B. parker by a landslide with 56.4% popula vote and 336 electoral votes but with Parker he had 140 electoral votes and only 37.6% popular votes.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    was considered a national park in 1890, but was taken control by California later on.In 1903, John Muir took Theodore on a trip to see this park and this shifted Theodore to discuss of putting the park under federal control.In 1906, California receded the land to the government, and later on, Yosemite was under federal control.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    prohibited interstate sale of adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs. The act was passed by Theodore Roosevelt after hearing the public's outrage from Upton Sinclair's who exposed the behind-the-scenes of the meatpackaging factories and their unsanitary conditions in his book The Jungle. This act was also the first act and structure of our nowaday Food and Drug Administration.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    one of the first ever national monuments to be protected under the U.S. government by Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore was amazed by the unique naturally formed tower.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Theodore Roosevelt left the presidency and went on a 11-month hunting and searching expedition in Africa.sponsored by smithsonian instuitions and Andrew Carnegie there purpose was to find a specimen of some kind to put in the national muesum of natural history.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Theodore Roosevelt ran for president as a candidate for his own party, named bull-moose party but also known as the Progressive Party. Theodore and the party came in 2nd place but failed in the end.