Section: U.S. History

5) The United States army supported Panama's war of independence against Columbia in 1903 because:

1. the Monroe Doctrine required United States to support it.
2. sugar prices would have decreased with the success of Panama's rebellion.
3. the United States supported the rebels' democratic ideals.
4. Columbia was asking for too much money for control of the projected Atlantic-Pacific canal.
5. the Colombian government was responsible for many human rights violations.