AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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The building of the Panama Canal
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The sinking of the Lusitania
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The building of the Erie Canal
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The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great White Fleet, a group of American warships that toured the world in a show of peaceful strength, is the leading example of Big Stick diplomacy during Roosevelt’s presidency.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Roosevelt’s “big stick diplomacy” signified that the U.S. would negotiate peacefully but maintain strength to exert when needed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt’s first noted public use of the phrase occurred when he advocated before the U.S. Congress increasing naval preparation to support the nation’s diplomatic objectives.