The American desire to construct a canal across Central America was motivated primarily by
A) a desire to improve the defense of the United States.
B) the Panamanian Revolution.
C) a desire to expand commercial shipping between the east and west coasts.
D) a desire to prevent the French or British from doing so.
E) growing American economic interests in Central America.
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