Question

Why did Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize?


He worked out a “Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japan over immigration.


He brought peace to the Philippines as its governor.


He helped negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.


He performed humanitarian efforts to free Cuba from Spanish rule.

Answer 1

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War through the Treaty of Portsmouth.

Answer 2

He won the Nobel peace prize mainly for the efforts of trying to end war between Russia and Japan (Russo-Japanese) . Roosevelt send an invitation to Japan and Russia to send the U.S delegates where he would then mediate between them to try and end the war . Roosevelt wanted to do this because he believed that great powers like Russia and Japan should have their own” spheres of influence “ and should not try to take spheres from anyone