Scrooges and suckers.These Americans were not saints, however. They didn't want to be Scrooge, but they didn't want to be suckers either. They saw themselves as shrewd businessmen, not easily gulled. So, when Roosevelt sought support for his trade of 50 destroyers to the British in exchange for bases in the Western hemisphere Western Hemisphere Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. , he portrayed por·tray tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of. 2. To depict or describe in words. 3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. it as a bargain comparable to the Louisiana Purchase Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Reasons for the Purchase The revelation in 1801 of the secret agreement of 1800, whereby Spain retroceded Louisiana to France, aroused . |
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