Question

question 12 (1 point)
(mc)
which type of foreign policy is most directly connected with u.s. efforts to gain control over the panama canal?
o a dollar diplomacy
b big stick diplomacy
o c liberal internationalism
d progressive imperialism

Explanation:

Big stick diplomacy, a policy by Theodore Roosevelt, involved using military threat to achieve foreign policy goals. The U.S. used such tactics (like supporting Panamanian independence from Colombia to get canal rights) to gain control of the Panama Canal. Dollar diplomacy (Taft) was more economic, liberal internationalism (Woodrow Wilson) focused on moral diplomacy and international cooperation, and progressive imperialism is a more general term not as directly tied to this specific event as big stick diplomacy.

Answer:

B. big stick diplomacy