Brokered by President Theodore Roosevelt

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President Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for arranging this event. Do you think the award was appropriate?
What motivated Roosevelt to bring Japanese and Russian envoys to Portsmouth?
Watch the film of the peace envoys arriving in Portsmouth. How would you gauge the response to this event on a local level?

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