(A) invade an independent nation
(B) ** support a revolution for independence
(C) outlaw the use of foreign shipping companies
(D) sell large amounts of federally owned territory
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -He firmly believed in expanding American power in the world. To do this, he wanted a strong navy. And he wanted a way for the navy to sail quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Roosevelt decided to build that waterway.
Concept note-2: -In 1911, former President Theodore Roosevelt told an audience in Berkeley, California, that he had decided as chief executive to ensure access to the Isthmus of Panama, then part of the nation of Colombia, to get a canal built as the centerpiece of America’s growing global power.
Concept note-3: -In 1903, the United States negotiated a treaty with Colombia that granted the United States the right to construct and operate a canal for 100 years within a zone six-miles wide across Panama.