World history/WHME102/Modernization and resistance/Economic imperialism

Reading

The Pacific Side Entrance of the Panama Canal (2012)

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Why did the US want to increase its power in Latin America?

• What were the purposes of building the Panama Canal?

• What is 'dollar diplomacy'?

'Imperialism in Latin America'

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