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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Future President Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-is-born) -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
After McKinley died from a shot wound at point blank range. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as president. (http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2013/04/24/things-you-did-not-know-about-the-president-mckinley-assassination/) -
Energy crisis
President Theodore Roosevelt called for a meeting cause by the great strike in the anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania threatening a coal famine possibly causing a energy crisis. ( https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/coalstrike) -
Elkins Act passed
This piece of legislation was championed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to end the practice of rebates. Rebates were refunds to businesses which shipped large quantities on the railroads, and many railroad companies disliked it. Urged by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Elkins placed the bill bearing his name before the Senate in early 1902 and it passed by Theodore Roosevelt. (http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx) -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
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. (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html) -
Wins first full term as President
won election to the presidency in his own right, and was the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor. Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory, taking every northern and western state, as well as Missouri. (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/) -
Yosemite under Federal Control
The states controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove which would fall under federal jurisdiction. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established) -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906. The purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support. (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h917.html) -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument. Roosevelt believed the land to "be sufficiently large to provide for the proper care and management of the monument" under the terms of the Antiquities Act. (https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-monument-established.htm) -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
In 1908 Theodore Roosevelt declined to run again for the presidency. On 1909 Theodore Roosevelt set out for a hunting game and collect specimens in Africa. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tr.htm) -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
After Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft. The party also became known as the Bull Moose Party. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bull-Moose-Party)
