15 Aug 1914 Jahr - Panama Canal

Beschreibung:

Created easier access to the Pacific from the East Coast (most US ships located in the East)
Gave US more money because they could charge other nations to use it
US needed approval from Colombia to build the canal but didn't receive it
Roosevelt raised a revolutionary force to fight for Panama's independence from Colombia
Once Panama was free it granted the US the right to open the canal
US assertion over the freedom of Panama concerned other Latin American countries