The Panama Canal has been called the big ditch‚ the bridge between two continents‚ and the greatest shortcut in the world. When it was finally finished in 1914‚ the 51-mile waterway cut off over 7‚900 miles of the distance between New York and San Francisco‚ and changed the face of the industrialized world ("Panama Canal"). This Canal is not the longest‚ the widest‚ the deepest‚ or the oldest canal in the world‚ but it is the only canal to connect two oceans‚ and still today is the greatest man-made
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“The Panama Canal” The Panama Canal has history that goes all the way back to the 16th century. Once seeing all of the riches and counting up the time it took to reach the ports of Spain‚ it was time some one came up with a short cut. It was suggested to be a cutting of land somewhere in Panama. This canal would help for shorter and safer trips to Spain. This took a lot of time and consideration. In 1901‚ after the assassination of McKinley‚ Roosevelt became president. He believed in the canal
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Panama canal The Panama canal was one of the most traveled trade routes in the early 1900’s and still is one of them today. It is a 77 kilometer/48 mile canal that spans from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Built from 1904 to 1914‚ annual traffic has risen from about 1‚000 ships in the 1900’s to 14‚702 vessels in 2008. In total‚ over 815‚000 vessels have passed through the canal. It has been named one of the seven modern wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers
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In 1877‚ the same French entrepreneurs‚ who had created the Suez Canal‚ turned their attention to Panama. A misguided attempt to dig a sea-level canal not only drove up costs up to £217 million‚ but the dirt piled up on the sides of the excavation created malarial swamps that sent death rates up ending over 22.000 workers lives before the project was cancelled in 1888 after the French canal company went bankrupt‚ nearly dragging the French economy down with it (The big ditch‚ page 61). During the
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Before the Panama Canal was built‚ people would have to travel around South America. This took very long therefore; a passage in between the two continents would be beneficial. In the eighteen-hundreds‚ the project of the Panama Canal began. At first‚ France began the project‚ but lost its’ resources. Resulting‚ in the United States purchasing the project instead. At the time‚ this was the biggest project the United States had ever undertaken. It took nearly more than nine years to dig the canal
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Republic of Panama: Overview of Culture and Media System Country Description. The Republic of Panama or simply “Panama” was colonized by Spain in the 16th century until it joined a union with Colombia‚ Ecuador and Venezuela to form the Republic of Gran Colombia in 1821. The latter was subsequently dissolved in 1830 but Panama remained as part of Colombia. Finally‚ in 1903‚ Panama seceded from Colombia. Panama is the southernmost country in Central America and is situated between the North
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Introduction and Overview Panama and the United States shared a strong bond throughout their respective histories. The link between these countries lasted for over 100 years and helped Panama become the second largest economy in Central America. While these two nations are different in language‚ climate and poverty‚ some of their business structure‚ government and business communications shares similarities with the United States. A brief‚ general background on this nation‚ Panama has a population of
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The United States obtained the Panama Canal because President Roosevelt was exceedingly resolute to acquire a waterway that would enable the U.S. Navy to sail rapidly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This would strengthen the Navy and‚ in return‚ satisfy his goal to expand American power in the world. The only possible locations for the canal were Panama and Nicaragua. Constructing a canal in Panama would cost less money to complete; however‚ the land would have to be purchased from a French
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The Panama Canal‚ the way to cheat the Oceans. In 1914‚ when the Panama Canal was finished‚ it changed the world of shipping goods‚ affecting America in many ways. There were many steps taken in getting the Panama Canal to where it is today. In not only it’s economical state but‚ where it is on Earth. Many lives were given‚ and millions of dollars were spent to build the Canal. There was a lot of hope in the building of the Canal‚ but there was also a lot of hatred and uneasiness towards the Canal
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Decision of building the Panama Canal was beneficial to the U.S The Panama canal was built between 1904 to 1914 by the U.S Army‚ the canal connects the pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean. The Panama canal was built to save time when sending ships of merchandise for selling or trading instead of going all the way around Cape Horn. The Panama Canal was worth it and a good decision to the U.S. The canal was still worth it despite what the canal costed because of the commercial goods‚ trade and
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