AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Why did Panama agree to lease the land needed for the Panama Canal to the United States?
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The Panamanian government wanted to avoid war with the United States.
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Panama wanted to become a state within the United States.
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The United States provided aid to the Panamanian Revolution.
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The United States promised to share any profits with Panama.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -There were some independence movements which the US decided to support, creating a new country in order to construct this canal. So Panamanians who welcomed independence welcomed the canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The frayed relations between the U.S. and Panama began almost immediately after the signing of the 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty that allowed the U.S. to build and maintain the Panama Canal on the Isthmus of Panama. Panama was established as a country, with U.S. assistance, shortly before the treaty was signed in 1903.
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