In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States
A. surrounded the canal site with a "Great White Fleet."
B. organized a trade embargo against Colombia.
C. purchased the land for the canal from Colombia.
D. carried out the overthrow of the president of Panama.
E. assisted a revolution in Panama.
E
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