What Was Theodore Roosevelt Referring to When He Told Congress

question 16

Multiple Choice

What was Theodore Roosevelt referring to when he told Congress that "no single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is of such consequence to the American people"?

• A) construction of the Panama Canal
• B) discovering a vaccine for yellow fever and malaria
• C) completion of a transcontinental railroad
• D) passage of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

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