Describe the u. s. role in the panama revolution and the building of the panama canal.

American territories now stretched from the caribbean sea to the pacific ocean, and a canal would make governing its new lands easier is that in  what way did the outcome of the spanish-american war lead to the building of the panama canal, to make easy transoceanic movment from east coast of usa into west coast. in 1903 usa  panama province of colombia to gain indpendence and step by step aquistite the canal before 1914

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