[...]... the Pacific A canal across Central America seemed necessary so that the U.S fleet could participate easily in two-ocean operations and so Americans could take full advantage of trade opportunities in the Pacific But the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) required a joint AngloAmerican protectorate of any isthmian canal In January 1900, a bill introduced into Congress called for the construction of a canal across... Franklin D Roosevelt on Hawley-Smoot Tariff Hay-Pauncefote Treaties (1900, 1901) Two separate treaties signed by the United States and Great Britain that granted the United States the exclusive right to build, control, and fortify a canal across Central America American interest in an isthmian canal increased when the United States emerged from the Spanish -American War as a power in the Caribbean and... on an annual basis Prior to the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, the federal government could not effectively control the interest rates State banks and large financial firms like J P Morgan and Company set interest rates based on the amount of capital available and the relative demand for that money During the panics of 1819, 1 837 , 1857, 18 73, 18 93, and 1907, interest rates rose dramatically, having... Islands, and American Samoa in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, for strategic purposes In the case of the Pacific islands, Congress determined that such areas would serve as bases for the development of burgeoning American commerce with countries in the Far East The United States acquired these territories at about the same time: Hawaii was annexed in 1898; the Philippine... their educational system, pushed through legislation requiring the adoption of Native American children by Native American families, and gained more political and economic control of their affairs Native Americans work in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and have helped ensure that their rights and grievances have been addressed more than they were in previous decades —James T Carroll References Prucha,... second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty in November and December 1901, and both the U.S Congress and British Parliament ratified the agreement that allowed the United States to build, control, and fortify a canal across Central America —Steven E Siry References LaFeber, Walter The American Search for Opportunity, 1865–19 13 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 19 93 See also Volume 1: Panama and the Panama Canal; Volume... On March 27, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson—leading the Tennessee militia and the 39 th Regiment of the U.S Army and accompanied by Native American allies from the Lower Creek and Cherokee tribes— had pushed the Muskogee tribe into a defensive position in a large bend in the Talapoosa River, across the neck of which the Muskogees constructed a barricade In the early stages of the battle the allied... Settlers on the Public Domain U.S Statutes at Large 12 (18 63) : 39 2 39 3 See also Volume 2 (Documents): Homestead Act Horseshoe Bend, Battle of (1814) Battle that opened Alabama and Mississippi to American settlement and led to the establishment of the southern Cotton Belt The Creek War was a war of the U.S government against the Creek Indians, who had allied themselves with the British during the War of 1812... during the years between World War I and World War II (1919–1941) Basing their position on American exceptionalism (the belief that the wilderness transformed Europeans into Americans) and disillusionment with the American involvement in World War I, the isolationists expressed an abhorrence of war and strong aversion to assuming American responsibilities abroad Plagued by the Great Depression, Americans... 1812, unleashed a fever of American nationalism that many citizens and politicians viewed as a call for economic independence and development The War of 1812 and the expanding size of the United States clearly illustrated the need for an infrastructure, creating a boom in road and canal building followed shortly by steam-powered riverboats and railroads The most important economic advancement for the United . control, and fortify a canal across Central America. American interest in an isthmian canal increased when the United States emerged from the Spanish -American War as a power in the Caribbean and the. nonviolence, and participatory democracy. The party argues that treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) limit the participa- tion. sea around the tip of South America, by sea and land crossing at Panama, and by land via the Oregon Trail or California Trail. In addition to European Americans, the prospect of great wealth attracted