Which explains why Roosevelt offered U.S. naval support to Panamanian rebels fighting for independence from Colombia?

The media directed public attention to the unjust conditions that Panamanians suffered under Colombian rule.
The Colombian government would not allow the United States to have control over the Panama Canal Zone.
The U.S. government strategized to create an economic alliance with Panama to lower the cost of raw materials imported to the United States.
Roosevelt wanted to secure Panama as a protectorate to extend the U.S. presence further south into Latin America.

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Which explains why Roosevelt offered U.S. naval support to Panamanian rebels fighting for independence from Colombia?

 The media directed public attention to the unjust conditions that Panamanians suffered under Colombian rule.
 The Colombian government would not allow the United States to have control over the Panama Canal Zone.
 The U.S. government strategized to create an economic alliance with Panama to lower the cost of raw materials imported to the United States.
 Roosevelt wanted to secure Panama as a protectorate to extend the U.S. presence further south into Latin America.

anonymous · Answer

@HackberryAbby18  @Surana  @paki

surana · Answer

It would have been the first one, if I'm correct.

surana · Answer

The news did direct a lot of attention to the issue so it would have looked bad for the US to not step in on the side of the Panamanians. Plus, at that point, the time for empires was beginning to end.

anonymous · Answer

But wouldn't b also be a choice?

wwhitlock · Answer

Panama became a country with support of the United States. The Panama Canal deal was struck after Panamanian independence.

anonymous · Answer

So that makes it A then?

surana · Answer

Yep.

anonymous · Answer

okiez

wwhitlock · Answer

Looks like B talks about the US getting the canal out of the deal on my computer.