Teddy Roosevelt- The Panama Canal was most likely his biggest achievement. He told Panama to declare independence and fight back. Eventually it paid off because they were free.
Panama Canal- The french started the Panama canal. They postponed it for about 4 years because of the loss of workers due to death and disease. They built a lot of railroads to help with transportation. People slept behind nets to stay away from mosquitoes and other living things. Now days, the Panama Canal is getting worse because it is so narrow, but we are trying to get it back on its feet.
Monroe Doctrine- In 1823, president James Monroe was passed to tell Europe to stay away from us
The Roosevelt Corollary- This was and addition to the Monroe Doctrine. Europe had a huge problem with Latin America and wanted to go straight there and fight them, but we told them to come to the US and talk to Roosevelt first so he could handle the situation.
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