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American Involvement• Roosevelt negotiated for canal with
Colombian diplomats.• Colombian agent signed treaty that
gave canal for $10 million – Colombian senate outraged, and
refused to ratify• Roosevelt planned to organize and
finance revolution • Received help from French Co. (Banau-
Varilla)– Roosevelt prevented Columbia from
suppressing rebellion • US recognized Panama as a country
– New government agreed to US terms• Canal finished in 1914
United States Motives & Justifications
Motives• Needed easier passage
over oceans• Easier contact with
Eastern World• Improved Naval Mobility• Simpler Trade Routes
Justifications• US was expanding• “Mandate from
Civilization”• Colombia wronged US by
prohibiting advancement• Would help Panama’s
economy
- Justifications had no foundation- Motives were apparent
Reaction of Local Population
• Colombians were inconsolably and unimaginably outraged.
• Panama was happy with independence
• Panama content to grant US usage of canal
Final Results
• US has secure passage from Atlantic to Pacific
• Colombians and the rest of South America distrust the US
• Imperialism in US continues to grow
• Europe and the world frown on the US as the “Big Brother”
The United States: A Mafia Don
• US gave Panama independence for access to Panama Canal
• US offered to build canal and give it to Panama to access
• The US helped forcefully take Colombian land for personal gain
US Actions: Beneficial or Detrimental?• Beneficial to US
- Improved Naval Mobility- Open Route to Trade with East- Sailing around South America not
necessary• Detrimental
- Portrayed US in a negative way- “Big Brother” Imperialism evident- Relations with South America strained- Colombian power weakened
Works Cited• Brown, Sharen. "The Panama Canal." Institute of International Studies: Latin
America Semester. Institute of International Studies of Missouri Southern State College, 6 Jan. 1999. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.mssu.edu/international/Latinam/canal.htm>.
• Holmgren, Chuck. "The Panama Canal." Panama-Pacific International Exposition. University of Virginia American Studies Program, 2002. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EMA03/ holmgren/ppie/pc.html>.
• "The Panama Canal." Global Perspectives. Wheeling Jesuit University Center for Educational Technologies, 2002. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/camerica/panama/ PCtopic3.html>.