COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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it would take territory away from the Spanish empire
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it would allow easier economic and military access to and from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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it would make it easier for the US to invade countries in South America
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it would allow the US to control worldwide trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -Completed in 1914, the Panama Canal symbolized U.S. technological prowess and economic power. Although U.S. control of the canal eventually became an irritant to U.S.-Panamanian relations, at the time it was heralded as a major foreign policy achievement.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its op-eration, the Canal produced significant social returns for the United States. Most of these returns were due to the transportation of petroleum from California to the East Coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. It would also allow the navy to link its Atlantic and pacific naval fleets quickly.