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Yosemite under Federal Control
Roosevelt was taken to Yosemite by Muir in an attempt to urge him to seize government authority of the area and establish it as a national park, which Roosevelt accomplished in 1906. On Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley, California, in 1903, Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir. -
TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt, a future president, and Leonard Wood. The Rough Riders played an important role in the Battle of San Juan Hill, which helped the war to be won. Cowboys, ranchers, and miners were among the members, many of whom were from Arizona. -
TR 1st time named President
He stays the youngest man or woman to come to be president of the United States. Roosevelt was once a chief of the revolutionary motion and championed his "Square Deal" home policies, promising the common citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, law of railroads, and pure meals and drugs. -
Wins first full term as President
The Pure Food and Drug Act, which established the Food and Drug Administration to oversee food safety, and the Hepburn Act, which extended the regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission, were both passed under his presidency. -
National Reclamation Act
The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a United States federal regulation that funded irrigation tasks for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. The act at first protected solely thirteen of the western states as Texas had no federal lands. Texas was once introduced later via a exceptional act handed in 1906. -
Elkins Act passed
- The Elkins Act prohibits railroad groups from giving rebates to groups that ship giant portions of items and giving energy to these companies to artificially decrease delivery prices.
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TR and the Northern Securities Case
The Northern Securities Company was charged with breaking the Sherman Act by Roosevelt's Department of Justice. The administration's argument was accepted by the Supreme Court in 1904, and the Northern Securities business was disbanded. -
Meat inspection act
Meat inspection act of 1906, on June 3rd, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated livestock and ensured livestock was slaughtered and processed under conditions that were properly sanitized. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated meals and tablets in interstate commerce and laid a basis for the nation's first customer safety agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa (Purpose for going)
Roosevelt African Expedition used to be an day trip to Africa led by way of American president Theodore Roosevelt and geared up through the Smithsonian Institution. Its reason used to be to accumulate specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum, now recognized as the National Museum of Natural History. -
TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
Roosevelt received 27.4 percent of the popular vote in the 1912 election, compared to 23.2 percent for Taft, making Roosevelt the only third-party presidential nominee to receive a higher percentage of the vote than a major party's presidential nominee. -
Coal strike
Roosevelt tried to persuade the union to cease the strike with a promise that he would create a fee to find out about the reasons of the strike and advocate a solution, which Roosevelt promised to guide with all of the authority of his office.