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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