to sell Americas surplus of goods
to protect American investments and guard against European aggression
sell their land
They aimed to reform child labor, workplace conditions, education, and government.
Because the Hull-Alfaro treaty, The U.S. are allowed to keep Panama safe, but cannot interfere in government (Panama) actions, but are able to push off bad presidents or vice presidents, if they have proof.
The US interfered in 1903 to allow Panama to declare independence from Colombia.
Finance
Military Strength
Congress established the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) in 1914.
They were muckrakers who dramatized the need for reform
The primary reason for American interest in overseas territories is world domination