Teddy Roosevelt Timeline project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    He was born into a healthy well well-established family. He was often sick.Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. The birthplace, located at 28 East 20th Street, is now a National Historic Site.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    with the federal government taking back the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove in 1906 after a period of state control. This transfer was part of a larger effort to preserve the area, spurred by President Theodore Roosevelt and naturalist John Muir.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    After the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was named president at 42 years old. He became the youngest person ever to assume the office.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became the next president, and also Roosevelt was on vacation at the time but was notified of the shooting and rushed back to Buffalo, New York, where he took the oath of office to become the 26th president of the United States.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    The Anthracite coal strike was a five-month labor stoppage by 140,000 Pennsylvania miners, which threatened to create a national energy crisis
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    It was a law that outlaws the practice of railroads giving secret rebates to favored shippers, making it illegal for both the railroad and the company =.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    The refuge was created to save the bron pelican from extinction qas their populations were being decimated by hunters for the plume trade .
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    Theodore Roosevelt won his first full term as President of the United States in the 1904 election, defeating Democratic challenger Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt became president in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley, so the 1904 election gave him a full term in his own right.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    The act made it illegal for companies to sell food and drugs that were impure, unsanitary, or had false or misleading labels in interstate commerce.
  • Devils Tower,Wyoming  named first  national monument

    Devils Tower,Wyoming named first national monument

    The Devils Tower is a striking 867-foot-tall geologic feature in northeastern Wyoming, notable for its large columnar rock formation and deep cultural significance to many Native American tribes.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    After he left office in 1909, he embarked on a year-long Smithsonian Roosevelt African expedition to what is now Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan. The purpose of the trip was to collect scientific specimens.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Theodor Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for president in 1912 as the candidate for the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. He was defeated by the democrat woodrow wilson after splitting the republican vote with the incumbent.