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In disputes between large business and labor, he increased the presidency's and the federal government's powers in favor of the public interest, and guided the country toward a more active involvement in global affairs, especially in Europe and Asia. -
While his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont for a speaking engagement, President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. -
The National Wildlife Refuge System was established by Roosevelt. During his time in office, he expanded the refuge system by creating 50 additional federal bird reserves and four national game preserves. -
The Elkins Act outlawed rebates and rendered both the railroad company that provided the refund and the shipper who received it responsible under the law. -
Roosevelt's victory was the first time a president who had not been elected to the position had been re-elected. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, sometimes known as the Wiley Act, which was a cornerstone of the Progressive Era. -
Roosevelt was taken to Yosemite by Muir in an effort to convince him to assume government management of the property and create it as a national park, which Roosevelt accomplished in 1906. -
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Roosevelt spent months hunting large game in the wilds of East Africa, in what is now Kenya and Uganda. -
Former President Theodore Roosevelt after losing the Republican presidential nomination to incumbent President William Howard Taft, a former protégé and conservative opponent. -
The energy issue has three major economic consequences: rising oil prices, financial downturns, and the potential to create alternative energy sources.