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During the Spanish-American War in 1898, Roosevelt led the "Rough Riders," a volunteer regiment, in a charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba. -
Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 after President William McKinley was assassinated. As Vice President, Roosevelt was next in line. This event marked a shift in presidential power and signaled the beginning of the Progressive Era. -
Also known as the Newlands Act of 1902, it funded irrigation projects in the arid lands of the American West. -
In 1902, Roosevelt directed the Justice Department to sue the Northern Securities Company, a railroad trust, under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Supreme Court sided with the government, breaking up the monopoly and establishing Roosevelt as a "trust-buster." -
In 1902, a strike by the United Mine Workers of America threatened the winter coal supply. Roosevelt intervened, leading to a compromise that increased pay and improved working conditions. -
Approved in 1903, this act amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates. -
Roosevelt won the presidential election in 1904, securing his first full term as president. -
After his second term, Roosevelt went on a safari in Africa for about a year, pursuing his interests in nature and exploration. -
Roosevelt advocated for the preservation of natural resources. -
Passed in 1906, it mandated federal inspection of meat processing and sanitation standards. -
Enacted in 1906, this law prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs, leading to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
In 1912, Roosevelt ran for president as a third-party candidate under the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party after unsuccessfully seeking the Republican nomination.