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- The desire to protect the interests of the United States in Asia
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Why did president roosevelt want support for the great white fleet?
to demonstrate americas military power
Why did president roosevelt want support for the great white fleet'?
to demonstrate americas military power
Which country did roosevelt want to impress when he sent the Great White Fleet around the world in the early 1900's?
Japan was the country they most wanted to impress. Japan had had an easy time destroying the Russian fleet in the Sino-Russian War and the US wanted to show it had a naval presence in the Pacific.
Why did President Roosevelt use infamy describe the event that took place 70 years ago today?
December 7, 1941 is the date of the surprise attack made by the Japanese on the US fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Several ships were sunk and many people were killed. From the US point of view, "infamy" was an accurate word for what the Japanese did that day.
Where did the British defeat the French fleet in 1809?
On June 30, 1809 a joint British-Spanish fleet captured Martinique and Santo Domingo. From July to October, a British fleet attempted to conquer Antwerp, but failed.
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