AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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The independence of Panama and the US construction of the Panama Canal.
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The Philippine Insurrection and resulting four-year war against American occupation of the Philippines.
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The annexation of Cuba and the inclusion of Cuba as a US territory.
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The building of a modern, great American navy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roosevelt acted quickly. In 1902, the United States reached an agreement to buy rights to the French canal property and equipment for a sum not to exceed $40 million. The U.S. then began negotiating a Panama treaty with Colombia. The U.S Department of War would direct excavation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt Corollary, foreign policy declaration by U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904–05 stating that, in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country’s internal affairs.