C By supporting Panamanian rebels in their fight for freedom from Columbia
Roosevelt supported Panamanian rebels in their fight for independence from Colombia, enabling the United States to negotiate the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with the new Panamanian government in 1903. This treaty granted the United States control over the Panama Canal Zone in exchange for financial compensation and the promise to build the canal.
How did Roosevelt secure the land needed to build the Panama Canal?
A Paid Columbia $250 million for land, rights
B Invading Panama
C By supporting Panamanian rebels in their fight for freedom from Columbia
D By invading Columbia
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