Teddy Roosevelt took over the area to build the canal with no legal consent from Panama to be there.
U.S. ships were tired of taking the long way to get to a certain place so they decided to build the panama canal :)
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they had to decide to build the canal in Nicaragua or panama they chose to build it in panama .
He helped build and took plans for the panama canal.
President Jimmy Carter, although the USA really created the nation of Panama to get the canal in the first place, so President Jimmy Carter was actually doing the right thing when he gave Panama the right to control something that was built on their land in the first place. Panama still allows the USA to have a say in how the canal is run.
Theadore Roosevelt. He decided to build the Panama Canal because it offered a faster route from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean across the country of Panama which would save many people a lot of time and distance.
fredy geogasty was the president when the panama canal was built
He wanted to get the rights to build a canal in Panama at a lower price.
The Erie Canal took 8 years. It took ten years to build the Panama Canal.
President Theodore Roosevelt aided in the building of the Panama Canal. Construction began in 1904 and was completed ten years later.
Theodore Roosevelt was in office when he was authorized by the US Congress to purchase rights to build the Panama Canal through the passing of the Spooner Act in 1902.