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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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One of the most colorful personalities in the history of the presidency, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn into office on September 14, 1901 following the assassination of William McKinley. Roosevelt’s presidency tackled issues from conservation to trust busting to beginning construction on the Panama Canal. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| September 1901 | "Speak Softly" speech. |
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| September 14, 1901 | Sworn in as President. |
| 1902 | Gets reputation as "trust buster" for dissolving monopolies. |
| November 3, 1903 | Panama declared Republic. |
| June 29, 1906 | Hepburn Act passes. |
| June 30, 1906 | Pure Food Act passes. |
| December 10, 1906 | Roosevelt wins Nobel Prize. |
| December 1907-February 1909 | Sends out the great white fleet to demonstrate US Naval power. |
| March 1909 | Once leaving office heads to Africa to hunt big game. |
| October 14, 1912 | Roosevelt shot by attempted assasin. |
