Wilson gets criticized a lot, and I get that. But wouldn't you have to say that the imperialism at the lastest started during McKinley's administration and co

Wilson gets criticized a lot, and I get that. But wouldn't you have to say that the imperialism at the lastest started during McKinley's administration and continued into Roosevelt's (consider for example Roosevelt's actions towards Colombia to get the Panama canal). But let's be fair, Wilson held out for a long, long time as far as WWI was concerned. Teddy would have got into the war 2 years earlier. I am interested in how the direct election of U.S. senators ties to imperialism?