AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
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the US got a reputation of being the world’s bully
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the US got a shorter route to Europe
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the US got a shorter route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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The Us got a place to stop off on the way to England
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Detailed explanation-1: -More than a century ago, the opening of the Panama Canal revolutionized international trade by making it much quicker and easier to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Canal shortened the distances between the East Coast of the United States and these markets to the west. Through the Canal, a vessel sailing from New York to San Francisco could cut its journey from more than 13, 000 miles around South America and Cape Horn, to just over 5, 000.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Panama Canal was built to lower the distance, cost, and time it took for ships to carry cargo between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Before the canal, ships would have to go around the entire continent of South America.
Detailed explanation-4: -Construction of the Canal shortened the route ships traveled when voyaging around the world. The Canal’s 48-mile waterway cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Panama which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean Sea.