Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt) was the 26th U.S. President, known for conservation, trust-busting, and a dynamic career ...

This November 1906 file photo shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, sitting on a steam shovel at the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal.

In 1921, the U.S. and Colombia signed a treaty to settle the Panama Canal issue. The U.S. paid Colombia $25 million dollars. This act has never been fully accepted by the Colombian public.

Subtltey was never one of Teddy Roosevelt's strong suits. Much like everything else involving the 26th President of the United States, Roosevelt's groundbreaking trip to the Panama Canal was full ...

And Roosevelt buttressed the Monroe Doctrine by declaring the need for the United States to build a navy and an isthmian canal in Panama that would enable our domination of the Western Hemisph ...

Failing to reach terms with Colombia to build a US canal, then US President Theodore Roosevelt sent gunships to Panama’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts to support calls for Panamanian independence.

In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Panama to observe the progress being made on the construction of the canal. He was the first sitting president of the United States to embark on an official ...

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, fifth from the left, visits the Panama Canal area in 1906. AFP/Getty Images/File. By 1906, to spotlight the progress and boost the morale of the workers, ...