THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Columbia refused to comply with trade agreements
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He wanted to establish a naval base in Columbia
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He wanted to establish a colony in Columbia
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He wanted to build the Panama Canal
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Detailed explanation-1: -He firmly believed in expanding American power in the world. To do this, he wanted a strong navy. And he wanted a way for the navy to sail quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Roosevelt decided to build that waterway.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1911, former President Theodore Roosevelt told an audience in Berkeley, California, that he had decided as chief executive to ensure access to the Isthmus of Panama, then part of the nation of Colombia, to get a canal built as the centerpiece of America’s growing global power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Theodore Roosevelt want a canal through Panama and how did he come to build and subsequently protect it? Theodore Roosevelt wanted a canal through the Isthmus of Panama because such a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean would cut eight thousand miles off the voyage from New York to San Francisco.