I believe the answer would be Abraham Lincoln.
The United States wanted to build the Panama Canal in order to save time and money on trading. Before the Panama Canal, people had to sail all the way around Africa in order to get to the other side of the world, which costed much more money and took a lot longer. The US owns the canal because of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, which gave the rights to the USA to build and manage it.
Answer:
the status of the Philippines and Cuba
Explanation:
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War that saw the United States claim the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico as part of their territory. Also Cuba became independent of its colonizers(spain) which was mostly one of the reasons for the war as America fought to free them from the rule of Spain. Spain was also compensated $20 million dollars in losses suffered. However shortly after United States take over of the Philippines, there was a resistance from Filipinos stemming from the critic of United States' hypocritical stance in seizing a territory for itself while after critizing Spain and other European powers for colonization. The resulting war saw over 4000 American casualties.
Foreign policy is important because it determines the state of relationships between countries and guides the diplomats in negotiations. If a country is too aggressive and refuses to take into the legitimate interests of other countries, it may face a push back or even an armed conflict.
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Although representation does not mirror the population as a whole, there are more minorities and women