time line

By jasonhelms

  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President" based on common-sense interpretations of the query. The user is most likely referring to either the tenth person to win their first full term,

  • 9. Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York Cit

  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Theodore Roosevelt was named President when William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. Roosevelt, who was serving as Vice President

  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    The strike, led by the United Mine Workers, was a response to poor working conditions and low wages, with miners demanding a 20% pay raise, a 9-hour workday, and union recognition

  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    The crisis was resolved when President Theodore Roosevelt intervened, threatening to use federal troops to take over the mines, leading to an arbitrated settlement that granted a 10% wage increase and a shorter workday

  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island in Florida was officially designated as the nation's first national wildlife refuge by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903

  • Elkins Act passed

  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed on June 30, 1906, after being spurred by public outcry over the unsanitary and fraudulent practices exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel,

  • . Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument 2. Elkins Act passed

  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite was brought under federal control in 1906, after a pivotal 1903 camping trip where John Muir convinced President Theodore Roosevelt that the land needed stronger, federal protection. Prior to this

  • 8. Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Theodore Roosevelt is the U.S. President who ran for president unsuccessfully for the Bull Moose Party in 1912. The party's official name was the Progressive Party, but it became known as the "Bull Moose Party" after Roosevelt declared he was "fit as a bull moose"