would help stabilize economic problems in struggling Latin American countries .For example‚ they helped Panama gain its independence from Columbia. American traders wanted to find an easier water route from New York to San Francisco without sailing around the whole continent of South America. France had previously tried to construct a canal through Panama after successfully constructing the Suez Canal‚ but the conditions were different and caught the French off guard. The construction was halted‚ &
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American Expansionism The 1840s and 1890s saw an expansion of American territory‚ as a result of several economic‚ political‚ and cultural factors. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United State‚ being one of the strongest of the nations‚ had a need to become even stronger. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s. Apart from the similarities
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After WWII all of Latin America had gained its independence form their colonizers and were steadily trying to build their countries up socially and economically in the world. Many had advanced in addressing the social disparities and discriminations towards their citizens at some level however‚ the change was minimal with the countries still favoring the private/elite sector. The latter had a lot to do with the external powers that were coming into Latin America at this time. With the US’s rise in
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Latin America region than European nations. In 1900‚ the United States reached out to Britain for support building a canal through Latin America. Since Britain was occupied in several conflicts‚ they relinquished some of their claim on Latin America and signed the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with the United States. The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty acknowledged America’s right to build and secure a canal in Central
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Developments in containership sizes and their impact on terminal productivity. Introduction Since the invention of the container‚ the developing of container vessels has gone fast. Where the first container vessel had a capacity of just 58 TEU‚ nowadays container vessels carry over 11‚000 TEU. This development happened in only 40 years. Before the invention of the container‚ cargo was handled by hand. The loading and unloading of ships took days or even weeks‚ in this way it was not possible to
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wanted to cut a canal through ___________. The Americans worked on the Canal between ______ and ______. They took a different approach deciding to build a series of ________ and _____ instead of trying to dig a _____-level route. They had wrenched the area from __________ and then forced the Panamanians to grant them a ________ lease on an area called the Canal Zone. The Americans faced many problems in building the Canal‚ not least the landslides in the ___________ Cut. The Canal project was overseen
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Theodore Roosevelt is well known for his foreign affairs‚ he goes by the saying “speak softly and use a big stick”. Teddy accomplished a lot with this for example‚ in 1901 Teddy paired up with England so he could go to Colombia and buy Panama. They wanted Panama so they could have a passage
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"A historian must combine the rigor of a scientist with the imagination of the artist." To what extend‚ then‚ can the historian be confident about his or her conclusions? History has always been a subject that is looked upon by many as a very controversial and biased one. In History people can have disagreements. One historian can believe that an event in the past happened in a certain way while another can think it happened differently. This is because history is a matter of interpretation as
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the war he expanded Japanese influence over Asia and negotiated the Russo-Japanese war‚ he won a Nobel Prize for his negotiations in the war. One of‚ what Theodore himself considers‚ his greatest achievements was his creation of the Panama canal. He created the canal as a way to ship goods quickly and cheaply through Atlantic and pacific
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acquire new colonies and expand further. Teddy Roosevelt had a vision of how to turn the world into an imperial power; we needed a two ocean navy. His idea is what led us to building the panama canal because it was too unconventional to sail around the tip of South America. With the US controlling the panama canal‚ we have control over everyone who goes through it‚ which encourages our imperialist ideals. After Teddy left office‚ Taft took over. His policy was called “Dollar Diplomacy”‚ which also
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