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Through the Hay-Herran Treaty the United States built the Panama Canal starting in 1903 ending in 1914 with the first ship passing through on August 15. The United States retained control of the Panama Canal until December 31, 1999 when control was handed over to Panama.

Many people use the Panama Canal to sail to the other side of panama and import/ export items.

It provides millions of dollars each day into our economy, but due to corruption, most of the money is deviated into corrupt politicians and not the people.

The idea, as implemented by the French with the Suez Canal, was to reduce shipping times and prevent loss of ships on dangerous routes. Both Africa's Cape of Good Hope and South America's Cape Horn are notorious for violent weather. However, the French efforts at a canal (1880-1893) failed.

The advantage to the US, which had consolidated its continental territory, was to improve shipping that connected the two coasts. This included commercial as well as military vessels. The Spanish-American War (1898) illustrated the difficulty of transferring ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back. Under President Theodore Roosevelt, the US decided to unilaterally build a canal, securing the territorial rights by facilitating the independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. The US efforts from 1904 to 1914 built the canal, and its control was assured by US sovereignty over the Canal Zone until 1999.

The Panama Canal joins bodies of water, it does not separate them. The two bodies in question are The Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

North America; when speaking more specifically, the country of Panama is located in Central America. It is a country close to South America and is south of Mexico and its neighboring countries below it.

975 miles

The Panama Canal is a split of North and South America, so whenever goods are transported by water, they just pass through the Panama Canal instead of going all the way around South America. It helps take less time to transport goods.

A flight from Chicago, Illinois to Panama would take about 5 hours to complete. There is approximately 2,309 miles between the two locations.

A factory owner on the east coast of the United States who wants to sell products to China.

The purpose of the Panama canal is to connect the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean. Without it ships would have to round South America to make that journey, so the canal saves a lot of time.

panama's native plants and animal are the flower of the holy spirit and aguila arpia

Panama would gain full controll by December 30, 1999

It connects by North America and South America.

Geography was everything. The terrain had to be as close to perfect as they could find. As it was the project was shut down until Teddy Roosevelt stepped in to complete the job. The semi-tropical climate was the biggest obsticle. Many of the workers died from malaria (yellow fever). Between problems with disease and lack of money the Panama people had to scrap the idea. It's hard to imagine central America without the canal. For years the property of the United States, it has since been returned to the Panamanian people.

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It was about how America could benefit from it by setting up the Panama Canal after Colombia refused to grant them the land.

If you are born in Panama you are Panamanian. If your parents are Panamanian so are you.

In 1902 Columbia controlled the area and President Roosevelt used some diplomacy to get some wealthy residence to declare independence and promise military support. Panama became a country in 1903 and a treaty was signed giving the US control of the land to build the project.

The main concerns are (a) the amount of traffic, and (b) the size of the vessels. The number of ships using the canal has dramatically increased in recent years - to the point where there is now a second adjacent channel. This reduces the chances of collision - and means ships can use the locks system both ways simultaneously. Additionally - the physical size of vessels wanting to use the canal has also increased - to the point that the channels have been widened and deepened to accommodate the larger vessels.

Conversely - the environmental impact of the improvements has affected not only people living along the length of the canals, but also the local wildlife.

Yes it snowed 2 inchs December 21, 1989

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. This meant that shipping could pass between the two oceans without risking the atrocious weather often found when passing Cape Horn, South America.

Roberto Lewis is a painter and sculptor from Panama.

It connected the Pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea

Even a period of only a few decades can greatly change the historical context surrounding an event
People's points of view can change to suit changes in historical context.

The Panama Canal and the Isthmus of Panama.