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What is one thing Theodore Roosevelt could have done better?

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One negative thing that could be leveled against Teddy Roosevelt was that he instigated the American intervention in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After the American battleship The Maine exploded in Havana harbor in 1898, causing the deaths of 258 crew members, Roosevelt told Admiral Dewey that if war broke out between the United States and Spain, he was to head to Manila to launch an attack. At that time, Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he acted when his boss, the Secretary of the Navy, was away from the office. As a result, Dewey headed to Manila Harbor and launched an attack against Spanish troops there and took control of the Philippines. This ushered in a period of overseas American imperialism and aggression against foreign powers.

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