• President Teddy Roosevelt said in an 1899 speech, “We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort.” In reference to at least one event or act of his presidency—for example—the annexation of Hawaii, do you think he fundamentally changed the way America conducts its foreign policy? Why or why not?

 

Roosevelt, T. (1899, April). The strenuous life [Speech]. Retrieved from http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/historicspeeches/roosevelt_theodore/strenuouslife.html

week 5 DQ 2

• To many, World War I seemed like a European affair that the United States should not have become involved in. Should America have become involved? Why or why not? What might have happened if America had remained neutral?