US expansionism

  • Panama Canal

    During the Spanish-American War, battleships in the Pacific fleet had to sail 16,000 miles around South America to reach the Caribbean. This was a need for a canal to send ships back and forth between the two oceans instead of having two seperate naval fleets.
  • Acquistion of Hawaii

    The Hawaiian Islands once supplied a sefueling station for American ships. The American built sugar and pineapple plantations on Hawaii and missionaries (a person sent by a church were sent to Hawaii to convert the natives to Christianity,
  • Open Door Policy

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