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Latin American Policies, the Roosevelt Corollary, and the Panama Canal

Latin American Policies, the Roosevelt Corollary, and the Panama Canal. Chapter 22: Section 4 Pages 656-659. Latin America . Question #1: In what year was the Roosevelt Corollary issued? . Answer: 1904. Question #2: Why did the United States want to build the Panama Canal? . Answer:

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Latin American Policies, the Roosevelt Corollary, and the Panama Canal

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  1. Latin American Policies, the Roosevelt Corollary, and the Panama Canal Chapter 22: Section 4 Pages 656-659

  2. Latin America

  3. Question #1: In what year was the Roosevelt Corollary issued? Answer: 1904

  4. Question #2:Why did the United States want to build the Panama Canal? Answer: In order to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, thus cutting the sea voyage around South America in half.

  5. Question #3: Define- Isthmus Answer: A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land.

  6. Question #4:Why did President Roosevelt believe that building and controlling the Panama Canal was important? Answer: He believed the canal would make the U.S. Stronger both militarily and economically.

  7. Question #5: Columbia controlled Panama and did not want to lease the isthmus of Panama to the United States. So, how did Roosevelt get the right to build and control the Panama Canal? Answer: Roosevelt encouraged the Panamanians to revolt and fight for their independence. He sent a warship to the port of Colon as if to show that the U.S. would help the rebels and stopped the Columbian ships from getting to Panama to stop the revolt.

  8. Question #6: When did the United States recognize Panama’s independence from Columbia? Answer: November 6, 1903

  9. Question #7: Two weeks after Panama gained its independence from Columbia, what did the United States receive? Answer: A ten mile strip of land between the isthmus of Panama for the price of $10 million upfront and an annual rent of $250,000 a year. *NOTE: The U.S. controlled the canal until 1999.

  10. Question #8: When was the Panama Canal finally completed? Answer: August 15, 1914

  11. Question #9: Answer: The canal reduced shipping costs by cutting more than 7,000 miles off the voyage from New York City to San Francisco.

  12. Question #10: Answer: The canal also helped extend naval power by allowing the United States fleet to movefreely between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

  13. Question #11: Answer: In the long run, the canal guaranteed a strong American presence in Latin America, where the U.S. now had valuable property it intended to protect (the Panama Canal).

  14. Question #12: Answer: Roosevelt often said, a country should “speak softly and carry a big stick.” By this he meant that the United States should respond to foreign crises not by threats but with military action.

  15. Question #13: Why did Roosevelt believe the United States had the right to use “international police power” to help Venezuela and the Dominican Republic when threatened by Europe? Answer: According to the Roosevelt Corollary, the U.S. has the “right to interfere in any economic matter in Latin America.” He believed a threat to the western hemisphere was a potential threat to the U.S.

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