George Goethals was the military engineer who completed construction of the Panama Canal. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "d". He was appointed the chief engineer of the Panama project by President Roosevelt on 26th of February in the year 1907. Goethals was absolutely determined in seeing through the job that was handed over to him by the President.
Answer:
Correct answer is A. The United States built a canal in Panama.
Explanation:
Option A is the correct one. President Roosevelt decided to create a canal after United States gained control of the area. They started building the channel in 1904, and was finished by 1914.
Option B is not correct as Latin American states weren't able to prevent United States to show their strength in this period.
Option C is not correct as United States prevented any new colonialism of continent.
Option D is not correct as United States totally had political control on the continent.
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