Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Great White Fleet to circle the world in the early 1900s to showcase American naval power and demonstrate the United States' growing influence on the global stage. This strategic display aimed to deter potential adversaries, particularly Japan, and to assert America's commitment to protecting its interests abroad. The voyage also served to boost morale at home and reinforce Roosevelt's vision of a strong, modern navy as a key component of American diplomacy.
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The great white fleet was considered to bo one of teddy rosevelts greatest achievements because it showed china that the united states had strength. the great white fleet started to sail the world when teddy Roosevelt came into office and came back when teddy Roosevelt left office.
I think you are referring to 'The Great White Fleet." It was a fleet of ships that traveled around the world. They demonstrated the might of the American Navy and made it clear that the US was a power to be reckoned with.
The Philippines while he was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
He was a bit concerned that it would create a new competitor in the Pacific; which it did, Japan. Roosevelt had a solution for such an event; The Great White Fleet, which commenced it's run in 1907. This, under the disguise of the usual "good will tour" was a warning to the new competitor on the block...the US Navy was alive and well!
Some inventions by Theodore Roosevelt include the Panama Canal, which was a major engineering project that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; the modernization of the United States Navy, including the development of the "Great White Fleet" of battleships; and the Teddy Bear, which was named after Roosevelt and created in 1902 after a hunting trip in Mississippi.
Theodore Roosevelt ordered this world tour for the fleet in 1907.
The U.S. navy was named the Great White Fleet that completed a trip through parts of the globe from December 1907 to February 1909. President Roosevelt sent sixteen battleships along with escorts to demonstrate the U.S.'s eminent military and the exceedingly powerful navy adequacy. Through the fleet, Theodore Roosevelt sought to protect their overseas aquisitions and enforce treaties