second half of tr

Question 1

What foreign policy did TR believe in?

Answer 1

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Question 2

What did TR do with the Navy?

Answer 2

He sent them on a tour around the world and asked Congress to bring them home. He called them “The Great White Fleet”

Question 3

How did TR get the Panama Canal built?

Answer 3

1. He asked Colombia first
2. He asked Panama to revolt against Colombia and aided them so Panama could gain control and be able to offer them the canal.

Question 4

How did TR expand the Monroe Doctrine?

Answer 4

He announced the Roosevelt Corollary

Question 5

What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

Answer 5

Stated the Western Hemisphere was closed to the rest of the world and the US had the right to interfere in any conflict between nations in the Hemisphere.

Question 6

How did TR win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer 6

Negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War.

Question 7

How did the Election of 1912 go

Answer 7

TR ran a third term for Bull Moose Progressive but lost to Woodrow Wilson as the Republican Party didn’t want TR to win again. He attempted a fourth run for the presidency in 1920.

Question 8

What is TR’s lasting legacy?

Answer 8

He expanded the power and size of the American presidency, pushed the United States into a world power and a “world police.”