Theodore Roosevelt's Successes
- Created by: Grant Gillingham
- Created on: 07-03-13 16:54
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Panama Canal
- A canal through Central America, linking the Pacific and Atlantic
- Took over an old 1880s French attempt at building a Pacific-Atlantic canal
- Colombian government wouldn't let the canal be built so Roosevelt sponsored a ntional uprising of Panamanian separtists and Colombia was forced to accept the creation of an independent nation...Panama
- Canal wasn't built until 1914
- Importance: One of Roosevelt's most significant achievements.
Platt Amendment
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