Njengoba kunikezwe lesi siqephu esilandelayo ngoTheodore Roosevelt, sicela ubhale uhlu lwezinto eziyinhloko azifeza phakathi nesikhathi sokuba kwakhe umongameli.
Context:URovelvelt waba ngumongameli eneminyaka engu-42, futhi usengumuntu omncane kunabo bonke ukuba ngumongameli wase-United States. Njengomholi wenhlangano ethuthuka ngokwenhlalo, wagqugquzela izinqubomgomo zakhe zasekhaya ze-"Square Deal". Lalifuna ukuba kube nokulingana kuzo zonke izakhamuzi, ukuqedwa kokwethembana okubi, ukulawulwa kwezitimela, nokudla nemithi ehlanzekile. URovelvelt wabeka phambili ukulondolozwa kwemvelo futhi wamisa amapaki kazwelonke, amahlathi, nezikhumbuzo ukuze kulondolozwe imithombo yemvelo yesizwe. Kwezepolitiki zangaphandle, wagxila eMelika Ephakathi, lapho aqala khona ukwakhiwa kwePanama Canal. URoosevelt wakhulisa uMbutho Wezempi futhi wathumela iGreat White Fleet ohambweni lomhlaba wonke ukuze abonise amandla asolwandle aseMelika. Imizamo yakhe ephumelelayo yokuxazulula ukuphela kweMpi YaseRussia-YaseJapane yamzuzela uMklomelo KaNobel Wokuthula ngo-1906, okwamenza waba owokuqala waseMelika owake wathola uMklomelo KaNobel. URovelvelt wakhethwa ukuba athathe isikhundla esigcwele ngo-1904 futhi wakhuthaza izinqubomgomo ezingakwesobunxele, naphezu kokuphikiswa okukhulayo kwabaholi beRiphabhulikhi. Ngesikhathi engumongameli, walungiselela umlingani wakhe oseduze uWilliam Howard Taft ukuba amlandele okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-1908.
1) Wayegqugquzela ukuqedwa kwama-trust amabi, ukulawulwa kwezitimela, nokudla okuhlanzekile nezidakamizwa 2) Amapaki kazwelonke, amahlathi, nezikhumbuzo ezimisiwe 3) Kwaqalwa ukwakhiwa kwePanama Canal 4) Wandisa imikhumbi yempi 5) Wenza isivumelwano sokuthula sempi yaseRussia neJapane