What was the purpose of the 1905 Portsmouth Conference?
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Correct answer: To mediate a peace treaty between Russia and Japan
Theodore Roosevelt acted as a mediator to end the Russo-Japanese War. His success in balancing power in the Pacific earned him the Nobel Peace Prize, the first awarded to an American.
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