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Building the Building the Panama CanalPanama Canal
Panama CanalPanama Canal• Would save 8000
miles
• Connect two oceans
• Must go through Panama, owned by Columbia
• Roosevelt pushed to do it
Columbia Says NoColumbia Says No• TR sends ships to
area to support a revolt
• Panama declared independence
• US signs deal ($10 million+$250,000/ year for 99 years)
ConstructionConstruction• Used France’s
unfinished canal to start
• Locks built to go over mountains
• 51 miles long• $375 million +
$300 million of French
Issues With Issues With ConstructionConstruction
• Had to help a rebellion in Columbia -Should the US be creating revolutions so that we can benefit?
• Malaria and Yellow Fever spread by mosquitoes
• 27,500 lives lost• $352,000,000 ($6.9
billion in today’s money)
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