USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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President Roosevelt wanted to build the Panama Canal to shorten travel time between

(A) Panama and Colombia

(B) Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

(C) ** Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

(D) Atlantic Ocean and West Indies

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -It was President Roosevelt who negotiated the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty which gave the US, the control of the Canal Zone. He also oversaw the realisation of long goal to build a trans-isthmian-canal. It was built to reduce the time and transportation costs of shipping goods between Atlantic and the Pacific coasts.

Concept note-2: -President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal-a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Concept note-3: -Prevented warfare among competing countries. A canal would save time and money in commercial and military shipping. Roosevelt sent ships to Panama and recognized Panamanian independence from Colombia.

Concept note-4: -In his first State of the Union address in 1902, President Roosevelt made it clear that the canal was a top priority for his administration.

Concept note-5: -The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is owned and administered by Panama, and it is 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline. Ships can cross going in either direction, and it takes about 10 hours to get from one side to the other.