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He was the first president that was willing to help the working class even if it contradicted what the Supreme Court wanted. He controled the Panama Canal

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Theodore Roosevelt was 'bully' about the American spirit. He believed that the US had the potential to become a worldwide superpower.

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Roosevelt was elected because of his New Deal programs along with his Alphabet Agencies, to help the poor, unemployed, the farmers, and new immigrants.

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Roosevelt led the country through and out of the Great Depression, and through World War II, up until its last months.

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because he was the first progressive president.

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Because he is the actually man who got the u s out of debt with ww2 plaing a big roll and he started debt spelling which came credit and credit cards bringing us to the world we have today

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