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Roosevelt is born
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Roosevelt Sworn in after McKinley Assassinated
On this day in 1901, President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. ... Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in as president. -
Elkins Act was passed
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
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Pelican Island established as bird refuge'
1903: On March 14, with the encouragement of Frank Chapman and the Florida Audubon Society, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory for his re-election
Theodore Roosevelt had succeeded to the presidency in 1901 following the assassination of William McKinley. In 1904, he won election to the presidency in his own right, and was the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor. https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-progressive-era-1890-1917-22/roosevelt-s-progressivism-1434/the-election-of-1904-1530-8768/ -
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. -
Yosemite under federal control
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established -
Devil's Tower Named First National Monument
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/ -
Roosevelt goes to Africa
After leaving the presidency in 1909, Roosevelt cast further afield, embarking first on an epic 11-month, 2,500-mile safari through British East Africa
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Runs for presidency, Fails
Theodore Roosevelt created the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party when he was denied the Republican Party's nomination for president in 1912. -
Energy Crisis of 1970s
period when the major industrial countries of the world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/consumer-era/energy-crisis
