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The Roosevelts
Education Clip: Speak Softly
Theodore Roosevelt establishes the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. To gain control of the unfinished Panama Canal project he supported Panamanian revolution with or funds and a blockade preventing Columbian troops from regaining control of their territory
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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.