AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Teddy Roosevelt
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William H Taft
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William Mckinley
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Woodrow Wilson
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Detailed explanation-1: -In foreign policy, he focused on Central America where he began construction of the Panama Canal. He modernized the U.S. Army and expanded the Navy. He sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project American naval power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among his many interventions in American life, Roosevelt acted with vigor to expand the military, naval power especially, to protect and promote American interests abroad. This included the construction of eleven battleships between 1904 and 1907.
Detailed explanation-3: -the U.S. Navy for a future war with Spain. During his tenure with the Navy, Roosevelt developed contacts with noted naval strategists, planned future strategies for a naval war with Spain, and appointed George Dewey to command the Asiatic Squadron.
Detailed explanation-4: -Taking office during the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put shipyards back to work and built the world’s most powerful sea service.