nov 18, 1903 - Panama Canal

Description:

*TR -> SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK*
- un-American to invade countries
- diplomacy -> military force

To get the Panama Canal approved, TR secretly supported Panamanian revolutionaries fighting against Colombia

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
- gave US the right to build the canal
- after Panama's independence

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