... U.S. had other obligations in Latin America as well. The construction of the Panama Canal had not yet been completed and Roosevelt needed United States relations with the nations of the Caribbean Sea to remain undivided. President Roosevelt was aware of the fact that for his nation to remain unopposed, his financial responsibilities, and the nations that housed them, must remain out of ... where none was needed. "Latin Americans mistakenly cursed the unoffending Monroe, when they should have cursed the offending Roosevelt," (Bailey, Cohen, and Kennedy, 658). The military's endless invol...

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... out of the Spanish-American War as a major naval power. After having routed Spain the United States secured undisputed control of the American Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. Puerto Rico was annexed. This sparked the great confidence in America. The Boxer Rebellion signifies the effects of growing imperialism in the United States. Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy ... in as vice-president. Six months later, McKinley was assassinated. Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's new president. Roosevelt began to revitalize the navy. Now that America's territo...

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