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Theodore Roosevelt is apprehending a Colombian officer while Uncle Sam is in the background holding a shovel. This cartoon illustrates the conflict over the Panama Canal, which at that time was a province of Colombia. Teddy Roosevelt has a bag over his shoulder label, "U S millions for a canal," because Colombia originally wanted a very large sum of money from the U.S to build the canal. T.R foils that plan by encouraging the Panama people to fight for their independence against Colombia, and Uncle Sam is in the back ready to start building the Canal as soon as the Colombians are apprehended, thus making Theodore Roosevelt look like a hero.

Progressivism in the 1900s was a political, social, and an economic movement. Politics before the Progressive Era were corrupt and inefficient due mainly to Political machines and the indirect voice of the people. Progressives tried to eliminate machine politicians and take down corrupt political bosses. As for reforming the U.S government...

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Title: American
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