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when was TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill." We hope you enjoy reading TR's own words about the Charge on San Juan Hill, or his reflections on the Rough Riders and the images that accompany them. -
Teddy Roosevelt 1st presidential term
New York state party leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 election. ... Roosevelt took office as vice president in 1901 and assumed the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was assassinated the following September. -
Coal strike
) was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. It was the first labor dispute in which the U.S. federal government and President Theodore Roosevelt intervened as a neutral arbitrator. -
National Reclamation Act
The Act required that water users repay construction costs from which they received benefits. -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Teddy rosevelt and the Northern Securities Case
the U.S. Supreme Court held that a holding company formed to create a railroad monopoly violated the Sherman Antitrust Law. The government's victory in the case helped solidify President Theodore Roosevelt's reputation as a “trustbuster.” -
Tr Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right. -
Meat inspection Act
prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Ac
It 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, -
when was Yosemite under Federal Control
On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America's third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by American President Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. -
TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
Bull Moose Party Born. On the evening of June 22, 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt asked his supporters to leave the floor of the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Republican progressives reconvened in Chicago's Orchestra Hall and endorsed the formation of a national progressive party.