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Panama Canal
During the Spanish-American War, battleships in the Pacific fleet had to sail 16,000 miles around South America to reach the Caribbean. This was a need for a canal to send ships back and forth between the two oceans instead of having two seperate naval fleets. -
Acquistion of Hawaii
The Hawaiian Islands once supplied a sefueling station for American ships. The American built sugar and pineapple plantations on Hawaii and missionaries (a person sent by a church were sent to Hawaii to convert the natives to Christianity, -
Open Door Policy