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Teddy Roosevelt Timeline

  • TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill

    TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill

    Roosevelt referred to this day as "the greatest day of my life," This was a battle in the Spanish-American war leading to a glorious victory for America.
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    First Time Being Elected President

    With the assassination of McKinley, Roosvelt became president. He was such an important because he lead the American public towards progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
  • Coal strike

    Coal strike

    He attempted to persuade the union to stop rioting and propose a solution to study the causes of the strike.
  • National Reclamation Act

    National Reclamation Act

    This act required that water users repay the construction costs from where they received these benefits. With this act, Roosevelt created Dams and other water suppliers.
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act

    This act prohibited railroad combines from giving rebates to businesses that ship large amounts and gave power to these bussineses to lower shipping prices.
  • Wins His First Election Running

    Wins His First Election Running

    First time winning an election in his own right, he ran as the Republican Party.
  • TR and the Northern Securities Case

    TR and the Northern Securities Case

    Established Roosvelt reputation as a "trust buster," under Roosevelt's administration, they prosecuted the Northern Securities Company for violating the Sherman act.
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act

    Teddy passed this act to prohibit the sale of adulterate or misbranded livestock and derived products as food.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    This act prohibited the sale of misbranded of adulterated food and made sure their food and drug labels were labeled properly.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    On this day Congress set aside over 1,500 sqaure miles of land that would become Yosemite national park.
  • Leaves Presidency to Visit Africa

    Leaves Presidency to Visit Africa

    Roosvelt went on a ten month safari out to Africa to go hunting and explore. While he was on this tour, he also explored Europe.
  • TR Runs For President in the Bull-Moose Party

    TR Runs For President in the Bull-Moose Party

    Roosvelt was unhappy with the way Taft was running things and didn't think he was progressive enough, so he created his own party to run against Taft, which ended up splitting the Republican votes.