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He was born in New York City.
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McKinley was assassinated and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was immediately made president.
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Congress sought to strengthen the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad freight rates.
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Established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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The Republican Party unanimously nominated incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt for president at their 1904 national convention.
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Lacked government protection and were being overrun and destroyed by domestic sheep grazing, so the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
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Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation’s first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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It was the first U.S. national monument. It can also be called Grizzly Bear Lodge.
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He went hunting for white rhinos and and collected specimens.
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The Progressive platform called for the direct election of U.S. senators, woman suffrage, reduction of the tariff and many social reforms.