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Canals
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
888 Questions
What were some economic problems in the 1900's with Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal?
"In 1878 Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer who built the Suez Canal, began to dig a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, which was then part of Colombia. Tropical disease and engineering problems halted construction on the canal, but a French business (the New Panama Canal Company) still held the rights to the project. Roosevelt agreed to pay $40 million for the rights, and he began to negotiate with Colombia for control of the land. He offered $10 million for a fifty-mile strip across the Isthmus. Colombia refused. 'We were dealing with a government of irresponsible bandits,' Roosevelt stormed. 'I was prepared to...at once occupy the Isthmus anyhow, and proceed to dig the canal. But I deemed it likely that there would be a revolution in Panama soon.' Teddy was right. The chief engineer of the New Panama Canal Company organized a local revolt. Roosevelt immediately sent the battleship Nashville and a detachment of marines to Panama to support the new government. Roosevelt ordered army engineers to start digging. Thousands of workers sweated in the malarial heat. They tore up jungles and cut down mountains. Insects thrived in muddy, stagnant pools. 'Mosquitoes get so thick you get a mouthful with every breath,' a worker complained. The mosquitoes also carried yellow fever, and many fell victim to the deadly disease before Dr. William Gorgas found a way to stop it." (Small Planet Communications, The Panama Canal)
Which countries benefited most from the Suez Canal?
Egypt because they owned it and could get water power from it and drinking water.
provided a strategic shipping route to British colonies.
How did the Erie Canal affect migration to the Midwest?
The Erie Canal increased migration to the Midwest.
Who painted the murals in the Panama Canal Building?
William B. Van Ingen is credited with painting the murals in the Panama Canal Building.
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What does the ear canal look like?
The ear canal is normally skin-colored and is covered with tiny hairs
How did the Aswan High Dam and the Suez canal help modernize the ancient country of Egypt?
because they were torn down by the floods
The building of the panama canal proved challenging because?
There was a shortage of labor. Of failed negotiations in the past. And the working conditions were bars and dangerous. So all of the above!
Which canal opens first the Panama or the Suez?
The Suez Canal first opened in 1869. The Panama Canal opened in 1914.
Building a canal from the nile to the red sea allowed access to which body of water?
The canal (the Suez Canal) joins the Read Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Why was Panama chosen as the sire for a canal?
The "Sire"? LOL!
I assume you mean "site", of course, and it was chosen as the narrowest land between the two American continents, refined by the presence of Lake Gatun and streams that can keep the canal full on its crossing of the high ground of the isthmus.
What is the strategic value of the Suez Canal?
Its strategic value is immense. It takes of a huge amount of distance to the otherwise shortest route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. Its value can be seen because one day after its opening day 68 Eurpoean Ships passes through. The country that controls the Suez (Egypt) has considerable trading power. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas
