Flashcard on the Panama Canal

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Panama Canal

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Man-made waterway connecting Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

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French failure in Panama Canal:

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Diseases (malaria, yellow fever) & financial issues.

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Panama Canal project successor after the French:

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The United States

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Completion of the Panama Canal by the U.S.

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1914

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Panama Canal operation

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Uses locks to raise and lower ships

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Theodore Roosevelt

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U.S. president who supported Panama's independence and secured canal construction rights.

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Treaty granting U.S. control over the canal project.

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

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Year Panama gained independence from Colombia with U.S. help

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1903

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Colonel William Gorgas was the U.S. official who controlled diseases like yellow fever during the Panama Canal's construction.

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U.S. official controlling diseases during canal construction.

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Main reason for U.S. canal:

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Help ships avoid South America.