USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

[SOURCES]
Americans saw a need for what in Central America?

(A) a highway

(B) ** a passageway

(C) a train station

(D) a freeway

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Why are Central American migrants coming to the U.S.? Many factors cause people to uproot their families. The most common reasons among Central American migrants are food insecurity, political insecurity, violence, lack of economic opportunity, or some combination of these.

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: -The Central American Dry Corridor is a geographical area 1, 600 kilometers long and 100-400 kilometers wide, covering 44% of the surface of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, where 11.5 million people live in rural municipalities and more than half work in agriculture.

Concept note-4: -Probably the most popular country to visit in Central America is Costa Rica.