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Theodore, “Teddy” Roosevelt made a significantimpact in America’s military and economicinterests.
His ideas and projects also aided the U.S.on their road to becoming a world power.
Let’s find out how....
Remember.....The United States acquired additionalland, around the world, after defeating Spain in the Spanish American War.
The United States needs a canallinking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This would help us with trading with other countries and military issues.
This is whereTeddy Rooseveltwanted the canal.
The United States needs a canallinking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This would help us with trading with other countries and military issues.
In 1882, a French company tried to start a canal in Central America.
But they had to stop because so many men diedfrom diseases such as yellow fever and malaria.
The United States figured out a way tostop the spread of mosquito borneillnesses.
They drained swamps, covered water suppliesand tents with nets, and put in new sewers.
This allowed the United States to finish the Panama Canal.
Once the Panama Canal was built, the UnitedStates had clear access to world trade. The Navycould defend U.S. interests all over the world.
“By far the most important action I took in foreign affairs during the time I was Presidentwas related to the Panama Canal.”
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