This country didn't start the Panama Canal but did finish it after helping Panama
gain its independence. This nation tried, but failed, to stay out of both WWI and
WWII. After WWI, this nation passed a bunch of Neutrality Acts or laws to try to
stay out of future wars. Flappers, among others, did the Charleston dance in the
Age of Jazz in this country. The Great Depression started in this country in 1929.
This country dominated the Organization of American States and had a booming
economy with few recessions from WWII until 1974 when some Middle Eastern
countries stopped selling oil to this country which caused a major gasoline
shortage. This country also invaded Iraq, Grenada, Afghanistan, and helped
overthrow the governments in a lot of other countries in the last century. It was
the first country to develop an atomic weapon and the first to land humans on the
moon.
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