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Use the excerpt from Theodore Roosevelts "The Strenuous Life" (1899)

(a) in 2-3 sentences, explain the change in American foreign policy Roosevelt is advocating.
(b) In 2-3 sentences, explain Roosevelts rationale for this change.

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A and B) Roosevelt believed that in light of the country’s recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. his rationale rested on the his philosophy, which he termed the “strenuous life,” and that prized challenges overseas as opportunities to instill American men with the resolve and vigor they allegedly had once acquired in the Trans-Mississippi West.

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