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The future President Theodore Roosevelt was born to an upper class family in New York City on October 27, 1858. Roosevelt was home-schooled and later, graduating in 1880, attended Harvard University. From 1881 to 1884, he served in the New York state legislature.
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Unfortunately, in 1901, President McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, a long-time anarchist. Roosevelt would take his position making him the youngest US president at the time of 43.
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The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
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American presidential election, held on November 8, 1904, in which Republican incumbent Pres. Theodore Roosevelt soundly defeated Democrat Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt’s win marked the first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency.
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This legislation, passed by President Roosevelt, came into play after the media raised their concerns about the food industry's unsanitary conditions, particularly the meat industry. This meant that the locations were tested for cleanliness on a monthly basis and that they were secured. In 1906, the legislation was passed and became effective on the first day of 1907.
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He signed the 1906 American Antiquities Act, which under federal protection and control transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back. A decade later, when the National Park Service was established in 1916, Yosemite, thanks to Roosevelt's efforts, had its own agency to protect it.
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The first U.S. national monument, the Devils Tower National Monument, also called Grizzly Bear Lodge, was established in 1906. For many Plains Indians, this rock is a sacred place.
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In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt declined to run for the Presidency again. Roosevelt next visits Africa next. As he had a passion for animals, he decided to collect animal samples for the Smithsonian Institution.
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On October 12, 1912, Thomas Roosevelt was shot at close range by anarchist John Flammang Schrank. John who was immediately detained, offered as his motive that any man looking for a third term ought to be shot. Roosevelt, who suffered only a flesh wound from the attack, went on to deliver his scheduled speech, declaring, “You see, it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!”
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In the early 1930s, to keep prices down, one energy firm, TVA, took over all the other energy firms. Some firms have been inefficient and unsustainable. TVA was helped by Roosevelt to become popular.
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The National Wildlife Refuge System will celebrate 100 years on March 14, 2003, after the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, was founded by President Theodore Roosevelt. Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System is the only federal land network committed exclusively to the protection of wildlife.
