HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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The United States only supported rebel groups to secure control of the Panama Canal.
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The United States only fought an open war to gain trade rights in Japan.
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The United States only signed a military alliance to secure control of the Panama Canal.
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The United States only used the threat of military force to gain trade rights in Japan.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following statements illustrates a key difference between how the United States gained control of the Panama Canal and how it gained control of trade rights in Japan? The United States only supported rebel groups to secure control of the Panama Canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The war made certain that a U.S.-built canal would cut through the Isthmus of Panama. The Panama Canal, linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was completed in 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Representatives changed its earlier decision. It approved the Senate bill.At that time, Panama was a state of Colombia. Canal negotiations between America and Colombia did not go smoothly. After nine months, the United States threatened to end the talks and begin negotiations with Nicaragua.
Detailed explanation-5: -After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999. It is now managed and operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority.