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Theodore Roosevelt is Born
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858. In Manhattan, New York he was born into a wealthy family. He was married to Eleanor Roosevelt from 1905- 1945. He stood for the Democratic Party. He went to Columbia Law School, Groton School, Harvard, and Columbia -
Yosemite
Muir took Roosevelt to Yosemite in an attempt to persuade him to take the land under federal control and establish it as a national park, which is what he ended up doing. Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land for Yosemite. -
Spanish- American War
Roosevelt was a rough rider in the Spanish-american war this war ended Spain's colonial empire in the western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. He then returned back after the win the war enabled the United States to establish its predominance in the Caribbean region and to pursue its strategic and economic interests in Asia. -
McKinley is assassinated
On September 6th, 1901 McKinley was assassinated while welcoming visitors at the Ecposition's stadium followed by a short reception at the Temple of music. The president was unnecessarily exposing himself to danger by saying " no one would wish to hurt me". Leon Czolgosz he was an anarchist who was 28 years old went and was shaking hands with Mckinley when he shot him in the chest twice in Buffalo, New York. -
Elkins Act
The act authorized the interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.The act ended the common practice of the railroads rebates to their most valued customers. The great oil and livestock companies of the day paid the rates states by the railroads, but demanded rebates on those payments. The giants paid significantly less for rail services. -
Pelican Island
Pelican island was named the first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. Frank Chapman and the Florida Audubon Society, president Roosevelt established pelican island in the Indian River lagoon as the first federal bird reservation.named 9 more reservations in Florida and a total of 55 bird reservations and national game preserves. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors ad for regulating traffic there in, and for other purpose. The original Pure food and drug act was amended in 1912 and greater extension was in 1933. First was the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 which then was followed by the Pure food and Drug Act. -
Devils Tower
Devils Tower was the first declared united states national monument on September 24, 1906. It appears to be lopsided when looking at the face towards the north. Due to the lack of congressional support a different avenue of protection was sought. The Antiquities Act of June 1906 offered a new opportunity for protecting the tower. -
Roosevelt leaves presidency
March 4, 1909 Roosevelt leaves presidency and goes to Africa, he returned in politics in 1912. Roosevelt was a passionate hunter he loved chasing and the skills to carefully hunt. He was gone for 11 months, 2,500 mile safari though British East Africa and Anglo- Egyptian Sudan. Shooting and trapping over 11,000 animals including elephants, hippos, and white rhinos. -
Bull Moose
Roosevelt runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for the the Progressive Party also known as Bull-Moose Party. -
Roosevelt full term as president
July 18, 1940 Roosevelt wins his first full term as president. He was nominated for a third presidential term at the democratic party convention in Chicago. He also chose to run for a fourth term in 1944 his compaign would come to mark a major moment in the history of presidential elections for several reasons. No one has ever ran for a fourth term as president before FDR -
Energy Crisis
It was a period when the major industrial countries of the world, particularly the united states, Canada, and Western Europe, japan, Australia and new Zealand faced substantial petroleum shortages
