USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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What was built as a result of the Big Stick Policy?

(A) ** The Panama Canal

(B) The Panama Bridge

(C) The Colombian Canal

(D) The Panama Path

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -He subsequently signed a treaty with Panama which established the Panama Canal Zone. The Panama Canal was completed in 1914, greatly reducing transport time between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Concept note-2: -Construction of the Panama Canal.

Concept note-3: -President Theodore Roosevelt’s assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean has often been characterized as the “Big Stick, ” and his policy came to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

Concept note-4: -President Taft’s use of Dollar Diplomacy in Nicaragua and China showed that American foreign policy: could not focus only on business and economics. How were the results of the Big Stick policy, Dollar Diplomacy, and Moral Diplomacy similar in Latin America? People in Latin America were angry at US actions.

Concept note-5: -Roosevelt’s “big stick diplomacy” signified that the U.S. would negotiate peacefully but maintain strength to exert when needed.