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Roosevelt saw the completion of a canal in Panama as a military and economic necessity for the United States, and he was determined to make it happen. In 1903, Roosevelt attempted to get

In Document 1A, it explains that the Erie Canal was a canal built in 1825, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie. It caused a huge increase in the industry along the Hudson River and made the economy of New York more important than ever. As stated in Document 1B, New York City became the busiest port in America. As stated in Document

WHAT: After U.S intervention into Panama, the U.S. had the want, the will, and the power to finish the canal which the French had started in 1881 and abandoned in 1894. The U.S. Began construction of the canal in 1904 under

Panama Canal begins being built in 1904. It represents how powerful, inventive, and capable America

This was Theodore Roosevelt's first act as president. The Panama Canal was a project that would have a canal built to connect the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean and be used in international trading. The British and the French have both thought about and attempted this before and now the United States would try. The canal was supposed to travel through the Nicaragua, but Roosevelt wanted the canal to travel across the Isthmus Mountains because he thought the larger ships would not fit through the Nicaragua. So, he attempted to sign a treaty with Columbia but was rejected by the Colombian senate. Roosevelt decided to plan with Philippe Bunau-Varilla who represented the French Panama Canal Company. His plan was to have panama revolt against columbia. On November 3, 1903 the revolution was announced and now considered panama independent. Roosevelt was able to get the treaty signed by Panama on November 18 that would allow the United States to build the canal. “When it was completed in 1913 at a cost of $387 million, the canal represented one of the most expensive construction projects ever undertaken” (Linn, Charles). Although the canal was not finished until 1913, Theodore Roosevelt still considered it the greatest achievement of his

The U.S. government also saw this as an advantage to use the canal to transport commercial ships from the east to the west of the nation. This canal connected the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean which gave the nation the authority to oversee two oceans. The canal would make the American commerce boost and the nation would be recognized by other nations as the most powerful one in the

Roosevelt felt strongly about trade throughout the world. In 1904 the Isthmus of Panama was first broken by American shovel. After months of negotiation, the Latin American government allowed the creation of the Panama Canal. The U.S. military and other volunteers did most of the work. But because of Yellow Fever and Malaria , few workers returned. In 1914 the Canal Zone was finished and for the first time the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans were flowing together.

Similarities and differences are what make things so interesting. Would you be happy if everyone was the same. Every looked the same, and liked the same things and hated the same things. No you wouldn’t because you would want to be you and no one can tell you what you want to be or what you don’t want to be. Even the buildings you make would be the same from a normal house to a normal office building. The “Panama Canal” was one of the most useful canals ever built and they were made to for one reason and that was to transport goods. This was somethings everyone needed to solve at that time(1900s). The great Moai statues of Easter Island are also great structures and are really tremendous to the eye. These buildings and canals were made to one purpose they had to do somethings and that something was to make things easier for the people. Some similarities they had were that they both took a long time and sacrifice to build. A difference they had was that they were built for different purposes and they had their own different struggles.

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree then it will live its whole live believing that it is stupid. (Albert Einstein) Beginning in 1817 and opened in its entirety in 1825, the Erie Canal is considered the engineering marvel of the 19th century. When the government concluded that the project was too ambitious to undertake, the State of New York took on the task of carving 363 miles of canal through the wilderness with nothing but the muscle power of men and horses. The question that I will attempt to answer in this essay is “How did the Erie Canal change America?” The creation of the Erie Canal would lead to a Jurassic change on America in the way we trade, and will lead

In document 1, it shows President Theodore Roosevelt helping with the construction of the Panama Canal. The canal was a benefit as it helped with foreign affairs. This historical document means that the Panama Canal reduced the

Before the development of the Panama Canal, it took months to move cargo inexpensively from the East Coast to the Pacific. However, with the Canal, ships could expect a very expedited and not to mention cheaper trip. Not only convenient, the Panama Canal supported business and expansion, both key national interests of the time by providing a quick, safe and efficient route from the Eastern United States to the West Coast and beyond. The Panama canal was an excellent promoter of U.S. national interests during the 1890’s-1920’s, because it established U.S. foreign territory, helped businesses utilize cheaper shipping routes and gave quick access into the pacific for the New Navy, however the Panama Canal did not promote democratic values because of America’s policy towards Panama. By providing the U.S. with new land overseas and quicker routes for the new navy, the Panama Canal promoted the national

The construction of the Panama Canal has a number of important foreign policy implies, First it led to the United States' supporting independent factions, who separated the republic of Panama from Colombia, and it also led to the granting of sovereign land rights to the United States over the Panama Canal Zone. The Panama Canal had massive suggestions for

DBQ In places such as India, waterways have always played a huge role in their history. In the past India used to be a huge ship-building country until Britain conquered it, and their reputation dropped. Still, productive oil fields and fisheries are found ways along shorelines, and are actively used for trade. Throughout history, it’s been evident that the usage and control of waterways has economic and political effects on many societies.

To the east, Nile River flowed into Red seas, allowing the Egyptian access to trade with the eastern and other regions of Africa. The canals connected the Nile River to the Gulf of Suez. This canal was hand built by Egyptian vast amount of slave labor under Ptolemy II Philadelphus and renewed under the Roman Emperor (David, 2003). The Red Sea connects to the Indian Ocean and allowed Egypt to trade with the Far East and other regions of Africa. They were able to trade cattle, grain in exchange for spices, gold and ivory, silk and other exotic goods which gave the Egypt a great deal of influence throughout the modern world (Riggs, 2012).

The canal was the best thing that ever happened to Panama. The Panama Canal was started under President Roosevelt and completed by his successor, William Howard Taft. The canal was built across an isthmus, a narrow body of land that connects two larger land areas, which connects North and South America. In some places in Panama the isthmus is only 50 miles across. The French started the canal in the late 1800’s. They had just built the then famous Suez Canal with relative ease. The Suez Canal, unlike the Panama Canal, was a straight canal on level ground, in a relatively dry climate. The French had failed in building the Panama Canal because of the tropical climate, in which deadly tropical diseases consumed their