THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Congress realized that the key threat to national security came from South America.
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Great Britain had plans to purchase the canal zone and colonize the territory.
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Spain had regained control of its former colonies near the canal route.
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The navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spain regained control of its colonies near the canal route after the war, so the United States needed to secure the route. 4. The navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Panama Canal was the best option for this purpose.
Detailed explanation-2: -Americans knew they needed this to move ships from east to west quickly. If they did that, they would control power because they would control the oceans. The Canal was a geopolitical strategy to make the United States the most powerful nation on earth. Also, the economic impact was massive.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Panama Canal’s greatest benefit was its effect on transportation between the east and west coasts of the U.S. The main benefit for Panama of canal construction was the introduction of new healthcare technologies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main reason the United States decided to build a canal across Panama instead of Nicaragua was that: the land and building rights were less expensive. How did President Theodore Roosevelt resolve a dispute with Japan over immigration? He stopped discrimination against Japanese immigrants.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did U.S leaders decide to build the Panama Canal? To make traveling from different parts of The country easier. A canal across the narrow neck of Central America would link the Atlantic and pacific oceans and cut some 8, 000 miles off the voyage by ship from the west to east coasts of the US.