AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Why did Roosevelt want the Panama Canal to be constructed?
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to show it could be done
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to improve relations with Columbia
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to improve relations with Columbia
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to reduce travel time between the Atlantic & Pacific
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shortly after ascending to the presidency, Roosevelt spoke of the Panama Canal in a speech to Congress. “No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent, ” Roosevelt said, “is as of such consequence to the American people."
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