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What tactic did President Theodore Roosevelt use to get the Panama Canal built?

  1. He supported a rebellion against the Colombian government

  2. He forced the Colombian government to sign a treaty in 1903.

  3. He leased the canal zone from an international company

  4. He seized Panama from Spain after the Spanish American War
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Explanation

When the Colombian government rejected the treaty for the canal, Theodore Roosevelt supported a Panamanian independence movement, which then granted the U.S. the rights to build the canal.

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