Author Question: Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because a. he ... (Read 58 times)

Themember4 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because

a. he thought they would not charge as much for a canal route as the Colombians.
b. he wanted to establish a permanent U.S. military base in the region.
c. Roosevelt had designs on making Panama a colony of the United States.
d. he regarded the Colombians as racially inferior.
e. the Colombian senate had rejected the American offer to buy a canal route across Panama.

Question 2

Despite the demands of the wartime economy, inflation was kept well in check during the war by

a. directing production to whatever goods were in most demand.
b. prosecuting war profiteers and black marketers who tried to earn windfall profits.
c. voluntary wage and price controls agreed to by business and organized labor.
d. sharply constricting the flow of credit from the Federal Reserve Board.
e. federally imposed mandatory wage and price controls.