Theodore Roosevelt Timeline

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  • Birth of Theodore Roosevelt

    Birth of Theodore Roosevelt
    The 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt was born
    Baby Theodore

  • Yosemite National Park is Established

    Yosemite National Park is Established
    An act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees
    YNP

  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President
    His first full term was after William McKinley was assassinated and he has to serve because he was the vice President of McKinley.
    Roosevelt

  • Elkins Act Passes

    Elkins Act Passes
    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.
    Elkins Act image

  • Pelican Island, first named national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, first named national wildlife refuge
    Established by an executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, Pelican Island was the first national wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting.
    Pelican Island

  • Named President after Assassination of McKinley

    Named President after Assassination of McKinley
    Theodore Roosevelt was named President after William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz
    26th President

  • The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act

    The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
    An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
    [PFDA](48842902.weebly.com)

  • Devil's Tower

    Devil's Tower
    Wyoming's first named national monument
    Devil's Tower Image

  • Leaves Presidency to visit Africa

    Leaves Presidency to visit Africa
    Theodore Roosevelt leaves office to go on a safari in Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.
    Teddy's Safari

  • Runs for Presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for Presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
    Theodore Roosevelt, the former U.S. president, is nominated for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft. Also known as the Bull Moose Party, the Progressive platform called for the direct election of U.S. senators, woman suffrage, reduction of the tariff, and many social reforms.
    BullMoose

  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis
    Basically, this was a time period where there were little to no gas or energy for the cities and towns.
    Sorry no gas