USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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How did America end up getting the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

(A) ** We supported a revolution in Columbia.

(B) We supported a revolution in Cuba

(C) We supported a revolution in Croatia

(D) We supported a revolution in Cambodia

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In 1903, Panama declared its independence from Colombia in a U.S.-backed revolution and the U.S. and Panama signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, in which the U.S. agreed to pay Panama $10 million for a perpetual lease on land for the canal, plus $250, 000 annually in rent.