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Theodore Roosevelt got Panama by supporting a revolution against Colombia. Colombia didn't want to give us Panama, and Roosevelt did not take no for an answer. He decided to take it. He set the U.S Navy to surround Colombia for support of a revolution that only lasted a couple hours. Hope I Helped;p

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