History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0929 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Portsmouth
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The idea
After Japan's surprise attack on Russia in nineteen oh four, Roosevelt arranged peace talks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in nineteen oh five.
In practice
Japan gaining control of Korea, former Russian bases in Manchuria, and southern Sakhalin.
Where people slip
Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for the settlement, the first American to receive it.
Your place on the trail
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