What did Theodore Roosevelt accomplish?

Answer 1

Teddy Roosevelt is best remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reform and ecological preservation. He was nicknamed Trust Buster because he used antitrust laws to fight off corruption in big business. Square Deal is what he called his anti-trust and labor policies. Roosevelt won the 1905 Noble Peace Prize. He won this for his great efforts in negotiating peace between Russia and Japan. He established the US as the "police power" for the Western Hemisphere, stating that US would protect threatened countries in North and South America. This was called "Big Stick Diplomacy." He help increase government regulation and safety standards for food and medicine. He did this with the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug act. He worked on conservation. He did this by setting large areas of land aside for national forests and public use. He made the Panama Canal be built, this created a shortcut between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Answer 2

Theodore Roosevelt won his term into the presidency in a landslide. He helped with the builiding of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt did this by creating a treaty with Panama in exchange for yearly fees and $10 million dollars. Roosevelt was also able to added to the Monroe Doctrine, which said that the Western Hemisphere wasn't open to foreigns, by saying that America was allowed to intervene in Latin America with force if necessary if anything that went against the Doctrine occured there. Roosevelt also widen the abilities and powers of the President. He established most of the duties of the current President. The most significant of his accomplishments were his conservation accomplishments. He created 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, 18 National Monuments, 4 National Game Preserves, 21 Reclamation Projects, and 51 Federal Bird Reservations. This created about 230 million acres of land that was federally protected. Roosevelt also was able to build up the Navy which established the United States.