("You could no more make an agreement with them than you could nail currant jelly to a wall," President Theodore Roosevelt said). ... They persuaded Roosevelt to support a Panama. ... Years later, President Roosevelt said that the people of Panama rebelled against Colombia "literally as one man." A Senator quipped, "Yes, and the one man was Roosevelt." In 1911, Roosevelt said bluntly, "I took the Isthmus, started the canal and then left Congress not to debate the canal but to debate me." ...

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However, this document would set an important precedent for future US interventions into Central and South America, as future presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt invoked the Monroe Doctrine over and over again to "justify" constant marine invasions of countries such as Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, and Cuba. ...

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Theodore Roosevelt was the first president of the twentieth by succeeding McKinley after his assignation in 1901. "Speak slowly and carry a big stick." this was Roosevelt's expression for foreign policy and strategy (Handlin). ...

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But American foreign policy suffered a major setback in April 1945 when President Theodore Roosevelt died and President Harry S. ... The verbal agreements that Roosevelt and Stalin had come to were vague, and the new administration was forced to wait for future negotiations to sort the mess out. ...

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Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the day after his inauguration said "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."" ... Lynn Boyd Hinds and Theodore Otto Windt Jr. in their book the Cold War as Rhetoric viewed the Truman Doctrine as neatly thought out and very necessary to increase both Truman and the United State's authority as a world power. ...

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The federal progressive income tax has been an issue that has been argued on the floors of Congress, in front of the United States Supreme Court, in front of television cameras, and around the dinner table. The tax served its purpose in supplementing revenue during the Civil War and World War I, but...

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SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: MEXICO (1877-1917) I have examined the years spanning 1877-1917, and will present my findings with regard to how the events of those years formed patterns of behavior and attitudes that persist today, in the relations of the United States and Mexico. Porfirio Diaz stabilized a country that had been in chaos and civil tumult since 1810. Call it "Diaz-potism,"" call it tyranny, but he did whip law and order into shape in Mexico during his 35-year clutch on power, and banditry was all but wiped out. Commercial, industrial and mineral development saw big s...

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Washington Monument Architect: Robert Mills Location: Washington, D. C. Date: 1848-1885 Building Type: Monument Construction System: Masonry Cut Stone Climate: Temperate Context: Neo-Egyptian Fact: At 555 feet tall, the highest all-masonry tower in the world. It is 55 feet wide at the base. Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States, presidential policies have played a crucial role in the development of the country. With great power comes great responsibility; the president sometimes has to make the tough decisions when it comes to policy making because his or her decision can be very...

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