Panama Canal Imperialism Analysis
USA - Panama Canal Imperialism In president Rosevelt's plan to build the Panama Canal he utilizes the idea that Americans knew they needed this to move ships from east to west quickly; the US for the first time was going to be able to gain control of both oceans. Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's youngest president. Roosevelt assumed the office with the same vigor with which he charged up Kettle Hill. A long believer in Captain Mahan's theory of sea power, Roosevelt began to revitalize the navy. Now that America's empire stretched from the Caribbean across the Pacific, the old idea of a canal between the two oceans took on new urgency. Mahan had predicted that "the canal will become a strategic center of the most vital importance,"
and Teddy agreed. The US gained control of both oceans. This was critical in times of war. There was no air power, so the way you fought an enemy was through the sea. World power was consistent with maritime power. Americans knew they needed this to move ships quickly. If they did that, they would control power because they would control the oceans. The Canal was a geopolitical strategy to make the United States the most powerful nation on earth. Also, the economic impact was massive. Now you could unite the trade between the two oceans. Starting in the 1890s, and until WWI, global trade was just as significant as it is now, so it was important to have a commute route across the continent. In Panama, the canal asserted its power over the republic and dominated the county’s history for 100 years. Panama had not existed before this. There were some independence movements which the US decided to support, creating a new country in order to construct this canal. There are many examples of imperialism between the Panama Canal and the novel Things Fall Apart. In Things Fall Apart the Christian missionaries wanted more power of the natives. They wanted wanted all the natives money and land. Also, the Christian missionaries wanted to spread their own religion, traditions, and beliefs. Imperialism was also exhibited when the USA wanted to build the Panama Canal. The US wanted to gain controls of both oceans because this was critical in times of war. Imperialism was similar between Things Fall Apart and the Panama Canal because both wanted more power, control, and they wanted to take advantage over something.
and Teddy agreed. The US gained control of both oceans. This was critical in times of war. There was no air power, so the way you fought an enemy was through the sea. World power was consistent with maritime power. Americans knew they needed this to move ships quickly. If they did that, they would control power because they would control the oceans. The Canal was a geopolitical strategy to make the United States the most powerful nation on earth. Also, the economic impact was massive. Now you could unite the trade between the two oceans. Starting in the 1890s, and until WWI, global trade was just as significant as it is now, so it was important to have a commute route across the continent. In Panama, the canal asserted its power over the republic and dominated the county’s history for 100 years. Panama had not existed before this. There were some independence movements which the US decided to support, creating a new country in order to construct this canal. There are many examples of imperialism between the Panama Canal and the novel Things Fall Apart. In Things Fall Apart the Christian missionaries wanted more power of the natives. They wanted wanted all the natives money and land. Also, the Christian missionaries wanted to spread their own religion, traditions, and beliefs. Imperialism was also exhibited when the USA wanted to build the Panama Canal. The US wanted to gain controls of both oceans because this was critical in times of war. Imperialism was similar between Things Fall Apart and the Panama Canal because both wanted more power, control, and they wanted to take advantage over something.