Conflicts over ethnic and racial divisions declined because people could live further apart
The United States end the negotiations with France during the XYZ Affair because French officials demanded that the United States pay bribes.
The XYZ Affair was an incident in 1978, involving US envoys to France and un-named French diplomats who identified themselves as X, Y, and Z. They demanded substantial bribes and payments from the US envoys in exchange for ceasing of French hostility to US merchant ships as a result of the US entrance into the Jay treaty with Great Britain.
His plan was to retire the old depreciated obligations by borrowing new money at a lower interest rate.
The Spanish-American War brung a need for a shorter route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
To make this a bit simpler, to get to like california in America, or parts of Africa back then, you had to sail ALL THE WAY AROUND South America which by boat takes around 9 months.
Imagine your aunt Beckie sending you a birthday present from Africa in 1905
and it not getting there till 9 MONTHS LATER
A canal build across Central America would make global shipping much faster and cheaper. It also allowed to move from ocean to ocean during war.
Basically they didn’t want to, or have time, to sail 9 months around South America every time they needed to get to the other ocean during the war, so they dug a big canal for boats to sail through as a shortcut.
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