Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Teddy Roosevelt 1 2/25/08

Comes in 1901, presidency

Finishes McKinley's presidency

Energetic

Deals with with difficult issues, foreign and domestic

Navy

America has trouble sending ships around South America

Wants to cut through Central America

French building canal, out of money, decides to sell to U.S.

Columbia is unhappy that the U.S. is dealing with France, not Columbia

Teddy R. finances Panamanian rebels

Places USS Nashville in Central American to support Panamanians

Panama gets independence, America rents Panama canal and saves a lot of money in not dealing with France

Canal completed in 1914

Domestic

Trustbusting

Pennsylvania Coal Strike

Owned by J.P Morgan

Workers strike for better conditions

Roosevelt invites both parties to come to the White House

Only John Mitchell, strike leader, comes

Roosevelt responds by sending in National Guard to mine

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