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Why was the Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 so significant?
  1. It established Puerto Rico as a commonwealth of the United States.
  2. It ended the Spanish-American War.
  3. It laid the ground for the Panama Canal project.
  4. It established the Philippines as a U.S. colony.
Explanation
Answer - C - The Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 was so significant because it laid the ground for the Panama Canal project.
Key Takeaway: President Theodore Roosevelt began the planning for a canal that would link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to facilitate trade between Asia and the Eastern United States. Under the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, the United States was granted the ten-mile-wide Canal Zone. The construction of the Canal lasted for ten years and greatly increased American power until it was returned to Panama in 1999.
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