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Roosevelt 's Lead to The Panama Canal.
On June 19,1902 Teddy Roosevelt was determined to build a canal through panama. at this time panam was was still a provinice with colombia.This canal woul help us in many ways for example our U.S. Navy would be getting an easier way to protect our nations abd shipping across the wrold would increase. In 1902 Roosevlt offerered to pay $10 million in cash $250,000 a year in rent. However Columbia held out for more money and with Roosevelt being eager to get started he paid what they wanted. -
Recognizing Panamas Independence
On November 3, 1902 a revolt was taking place. Teaming up with the rebels gunboats would wait in the harbor for support.Mnay american were alarmed when they had relized Roosevelts role in the revolt chritisizing his gunboat dimocracy. The United States quickly sae the independent republic of panama.Panama had declared it independence without columbia interveaning. -
An Agreement Was Made.
After panama was recognized by its independence a frenchman had sighned a treaty with the U.S. This treaty had granted the U.S. a 10 mile wide area across the Isthmus of Panama. In return of this grant the U.S. had agreed to to pay $10 million+$250,000 in rent a year. -
Making Dirt Fly!
In te year 1904 The Panama Canal sets off. The United States had began to work on cinstruction of the canal across Panama. "Make the dirt fly!, quoted by Teddy Roosevelt. They had assumed that the process of building this canal would take 12 years but instead it had only took 10 years. -
The Struggle was Real!
In the process of building The Panama Canal was going through some struggles. The struggles that the Canal had gone through was masquitos(these masquitos had carried a disease which caused many people to become ill & die.) ], mudslide (a constant problem it felt to the workers as if digging would never stop.),and the panama locks were a solution for the loss of the lack of water. -
Say Bye Bye to Yellow Fever and Hello to a Solution.
there were uprising problems in the process of building the canal, but there was one to be unsolved for awhile. The problem was a diseast. Many people believed that this disease was caused by damp areas, but carlos had proved that theory wrong, He had stated that Yellow Fver was not caused by damp areas but was transmitted by a type of masquito. In lead to that Ronald Ross had determined the masquito and had figured out a solution. The solution was to clear the brush and drain the ponds/swamps. -
A Grand Opening
videoIt was now of this day theat the two oceans that the Atlantic and the Pacific would be connected.On August 15, 1914 The Panama Canal was opened.this process had taken 10 years of hardwork and dedication. With the Effect of the Panama Canal was not just a good tool for us back in the day but has continued to be a good tool for our global shipping and much much more.
