COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN 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: -Expert-Verified Answer. The difference between how the its gained control of the Panama Canal and how it gained control of trade rights in Japan was that its only supported rebel groups to secure control of the Panama Canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Panama Canal was one of the largest public investments of its time. In the first decade of its operation, 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: -What role did the United States play in the independence of Panama? It helped Panama achieve independence in order to build a canal there. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt supported a pro-American uprising by sending warships to Panama to prevent the Colombians from quashing the insurrection.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The greatest impact that the Panama Canal had was to shorten the length of ocean voyages between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Before the canal opened in 1914, ships had to sail around the southern tip of South America in order to sail from one ocean to the other.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Panama Canal was the most expensive public works project in American his-tory until that time. Between 1903 and 1914, the United States spent $302 million on construction. In 2004 dollars, adjusted with the U.S. GDP deflator, the Panama Ca-nal cost $4.4 billion.