Panama Canal

San Francisco to Panama City 82 hours (4,285.6 miles) via I-10 E

The Panama Canal helped the import and export of goods. This created jobs. Trading

helped to increase the economy. Travel became easier and faster. There were particular benefits for the U.S., as the nation had recently expaned fully out west to California, which was colonized in 1802. when gold was discovered in California soon after, America was eager to create a short sea passage to her western-most parts for gold shipment, rather than transporting gold over land to her east coast. America was also interested in easier access to her pacific colonies, such as Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines, which she had acquired from Spain just before that time.

Quite simply that ships wishing to go to the opposite side of the USA or those wishing to navigate around the North and South American continents could now do so by passing directly through the middle rater then having to travel the extra distance and navigate the reputedly rough waters south of South America In other words it was a major short cut. it was much faster. and it was far safer.

Those are the basic benefits of the Panama Canal.

A lot of people built the Canal. The one who gets most of the credit is George Washington Goethals. Goethals directed the job of building the Canal.

The French started building the canal but stopped because of Malaria. Then the United States took over.

Walter Reed proved that malaria was spread by mosquitoes and that by getting rid of mosquitoes they could get rid of malaria in that area. The United States got rid of all standing water in the area and got rid of the mosquitoes. It cleaned out the malaria.

After that the United States built the canal.

The u.s signed a century treaty with panama

The Canal shortened the trip for US ships going from New York and the East Coast to California, which otherwise faced a long and difficult trip around Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America. The US Navy was able to transit its ships quickly from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back.

The reason the Panama Canal was built is so ships can get to one place to the other with out having to go around South America. Down below South America waters are rough and ships have sunk!!

President Roosevelt needed a canal to move people, goods, and military ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific quickly however he was unable to start a canal project without the help of the British. President Roosevelt negotiated a treaty called the 'Hay-Pauncefote Treaty' which allowed the U.S. the right to build and control the entire canal. The canal also had to be free and open to all nations and neutral during wars. The treaty negotiated with Colombia for land to build and finish the canal with money.

carter Wrong. It was NOT carter!!! it was Theodore Roosevelt. Depending on WHO was acquiring it.

Roosevelt negotiated the rights for the US to control the Canal Zone.

Carter signed the treaty that returned control to Panama.

Yes, the U.S. wanted to built the canal in Nicaragua because it was going to be much easier than in Panama. Nicaragua has the Rio San Juan which divides the Pacific Ocean from the Carribean Sea. However, Sandino (a revolutionary) didn't want Nicaragua to fall in the hands of the U.S. and after months of fighting; the U.S. gave up or found it wasn't worth the effort.

Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.

Since the Panama Canal opened about 100 years ago in 1914, well over 800,000 ships have passed through it. Most of the ships are traveling from the east coast of the United States to the Far East.

Ronald Reagan could argue that Carter lost or gave away the Panama Canal because Carter did give away the Panama Canal. Carter felt that it wasn't on American land.

The US controlled the Panama Canal Zone directly from 1903 until the exclusive US-led government was abolished on October 1, 1979, as a term of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties of 1977. From 1979 until December 31, 1999٫ the canal itself was under joint U.S.–Panamanian control. It was on DECEMBER 31, 1999 that full control of the canal was restored to Panama.

the US started to work on the panama canal in 1903 and they finished in 1914.