The correct answer is C. The construction of the Panama Canal exhibits how Theodore Roosevelt strongly agreed with the ideas of Alfred T. Mahan.
Mahan is known for his influence on the maritime doctrine of the United States. His work "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783" published in 1890, had much influence in his time on the importance and necessity for the United States in terms of developing a powerful and highly operational Navy with the purpose of controlling international waters.
Continuing with this thought, the construction of the Panama Canal allowed the United States the rapid interconnection of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its construction was almost exclusively initiated for that purpose of granting the nation an overwhelming power over the oceanic masses.
