Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
He was born on October 7, 1858, in New York. We went to Harvard, studied in Germany, and then got right into politics. In 1898, he became the governor of New York and in 1901, he became the president after McKinley was shot. In 1904, became the 26th president and many people liked him.
In 1903, he started construction on the Panama Canal to make a faster route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. He helped solve problems with countries like Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Morocco. He helped get the Drago Doctrine approved and it said that a country couldn't use force to collect any foreign debt. Roosevelt also help set up national parks and attractions. He passed acts that helped consumers like the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. He lowered the national debt while he was in office as well. He died at the age of 60 in 1919.
I think that Teddy Roosevelt was a great president and I think that he did a lot of good things for the U.S. He was a great leader and he knew what he was doing. He helped out many people with the creation of the Panama Canal and the national parks.
The building of the Panama Canal.
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Overall a bit brief on his accomplishments as President.