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The Rough Riders were the first U.S. Volunteer Cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt. The rough Riders were among the troops in the right flank attacking Kettle Hill. The rough Riders and the black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments were the first to make it up kettle hill, and San Juan Hill was taken soon after. -
Teddy Roosevelt did not win this election, the election of 1900 was between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the election but was later assassinated in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt, his running mate, was succeeded into office after McKinley's death -
The national reclamation act provided federal funds for the construction of dams, reservoirs and canals in the west. This allowed for land that could previously not be farmed in the west to be farmed through irrigation projects. -
The coal strike was a strike led by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end strike by promising to create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution. -
The elkins act prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses that ship large quantities of goods and giving power to those businesses to artificially lower shipping prices -
During the election of 1904 Theodore Roosevelt was running for the Republican party again and Alton B. Parker running for the Democratic party. Theodore Roosevelt won with 336 electoral votes compared to Parker's 140. -
Roosevelt's department of justice prosecuted the northern securities company for violating the Sherman act. in 1904 the supreme court agreed with the administrations position, and ordered for the northern securities company dissolved. -
Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles which would later be called Yosemite National Park. In 1906 the state controlled Yosemite valley and Mariposa grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park -
The pure food and drug act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the first consumer protection agency, The FDA -
The meat inspection act prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food. Also ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of east Africa, hunting big game in parts of what are now Kenya and Uganda -
Otherwise known as the Progressive party, The Bull Moose party was created due to Teddy Roosevelt not agreeing with how William Howard Taft was progressing as president. By creating this third party Roosevelt and Tafts votes were split which caused their opponent, Woodrow Wilson to win the election.