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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore was born on October 27, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City, NY Information- (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-is-born)
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
On September 14, McKinley died from gangrene that had gone undetected in the internal wound. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in as president.
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Energy Crisis
A coal strike appeared in Pennsylvania. The workers wanted shorter days and higher wages. This was the first time the government sided with the workers
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Elkins Act Passed
A 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to receive, rebates for using particular railroads. The act also specified that railroads could not change set rates without notifying the public.
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Pelican Island Florida named Nation wildlife refuge
On March 14, 1903, without fanfare, President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation. He would establish a network of 55 bird reservation and national game preserved for wildlife - the forerunner to the national wildlife refuge system. But Pelican Island was the first time that the federal government set aside land for the sake of wildlife.
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Wins first full term as President
In 1904, he won election to the presidency in his own right; the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor
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Devils Tower, Wyoming named first national monument
During Theodore Roosevelt's presidency, he established the first national monument called Devils Tower in Wyoming. The ultimate goal was to protect all historic and prehistoric sites on U.S. federal lands.
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Yosemite under federal control
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park
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Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act
President Theodore Roosevelt signed the landmark Progressive Era legislation into law. The statute for the first time regulated food and drugs that moved in interstate commerce and forbade the manufacture, sale or transportation of poisonous patent medicines.
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Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Theodore Roosevelt declined to run again for the presidency in 1908. He anointed William Howard Taft, his close friend and Secretary of War as his successor. Taft won the election then shortly after Taft's inauguration, Roosevelt set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.
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Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft.
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