... State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. In other areas of the Pacific, as well as in Latin America, ... national interest. During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. A number of U.S. interventions in the Caribbean and Central America were undertaken largely to protect the canal from hostile powers. The canal's construction was a phenomenal undertaking. In 1850, U.S. ...

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... so that it would handle its internal problem rather than fighting with America. Because of the Panama Canal Roosevelt felt the need to protect the Caribbean Sea so he took over many of the smaller islands in the Caribbean. He stated that it was to free the people who were being controlled by rich European families. However, it is the belief of Ovidio ... ," has many parallels to Roosevelt's diplomacy. Both cases of imperialism have the main reason stated as the freedom for the native people from corrupt ruling. The American policy in the Caribbean started out without any imperialistic in...

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