26. Which is true of the Panama Canal? O It helped turn Panama into the most powerful nation in Central and South America. O It was constructed by the de Lesseps Company, which had also built the Suez Canal. Its construction resulted in surprisingly few worker deaths considering the dangerous nature of the work and the tropical climate. It became a project of the United States after Panama declared its independence from Colombia and began negotiating as an independent nation. It was primarily constructed during a fifty-year stretch from the end of the Civil War into the early twentieth century.

26. Which is true of the Panama Canal? O It helped turn Panama into the most powerful nation in Central and South America. O It was constructed by the de Lesseps Company, which had also built the Suez Canal. Its construction resulted in surprisingly few worker deaths considering the dangerous nature of the work and the tropical climate. It became a project of the United States after Panama declared its independence from Colombia and began negotiating as an independent nation. It was primarily constructed during a fifty-year stretch from the end of the Civil War into the early twentieth century.