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- made shipping easier and cheaper across Pacific and Atlantic coasts
- took 11 years to build
- Roosevelt supported Panamanian Independence, though we built the canal, Roosevelt turned it over to Panama

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- Main reasons for war: America support the struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule and the explosion of the battleship the U.S.S. Maine
- Outcome: Treaty of Paris and gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines as territories
- Fought along side Rough Riders

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-  makes it a crime to misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food; ensures that meat has been slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
- Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" exposed the disgusting side of meat packing

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- increase in labor union members because of FDR's pro-union stance from his New Deal
- Collective bargaining
- wages increased and hours lowered
- child labor was outlawed

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- FDR wanted to increase influence and reputation of the U.S. to other world powers
- Imperialism: Annexation of Hawaii, Panama Canal, Spanish- American War
White Man's Burden

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- the name Teddy Bear comes from TR nickname, "Teddy"
- the story is from a bear hunting trip in which Roosevelt refused to shoot the bear

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- Army unit, first U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under Roosevelt himself
-  Fought in Spanish-American War,  battle of San Juan Hill, Siege of Santiago and Battle of Las Guasimas
- Teller Amendment

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- Created U.S. Forestry Service to preserve lands for public use
- Established 5 national parks during presidency
- established National Park Service
- important because of how filthy cities had become, pollution of air and ocean had reached a peak because of factories and refineries
- Crater Lake, national park (picture)

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- refers to Roosevelt's Foreign Policy
- be cautious, but not be afraid to take action if necessary
- way to enforce power in a stern, but non threatening way