COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Colombia; to take control of oil fields
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Panama; to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Bolivia; to elminate the rebel Simon Bolivar
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Mexico; to catch “Pancho” Villa
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The US supported the Panamanian rebellion against Columbia in order to get a favorable deal to build the Panama Canal.
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 the East coasts of the United States. It would also allow the U.S. Navy to link its Atlantic and Pacific naval fleets quickly.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia. The revolution was engineered by a Panamanian faction backed by the Panama Canal Company, a French-U.S. corporation that hoped to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with a waterway across the Isthmus of Panama.