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Teddy Roosevelt Was Born
Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City -
Yosemite Under Federal Control
Yosemite national park was established on October 1st, 1890. -
Assassination Of President McKinley, Roosevelt Named Pres.
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901 -
Energy Crisis
An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The law was passed by the 57th Congress and signed by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1903. -
Pelican Island, Florida Named Wildlife Refuge
President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation. -
Wins first full term as President
In 1904, he won election to the presidency in his own right; the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
An act attempting to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
On Safari With Teddy Roosevelt
Immediately following Taft's inauguration in 1909, T.R. set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. -
Runs for Presidency
Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for president in 1912
