The Panama Canal opened on August 15, 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I, which began in July 1914. Its completion was a significant engineering achievement, allowing ships to transit between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more efficiently.
1904
The U.S. helped the people of Panama separate from Colombia, so in return the U.S. won a ten-mile-wide zone in Panama in which to build the Panama Canal. The canal officially open in 1914.
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John Hay supported the Open Door Policy and the building of the Panama Canal.
John Hay supported the Open Door Policy and the building of the Panama Canal.
That would have been the Panama Canal.
The U.S. military backed rebels who soon controlled independent Panama.
John Hay
John hay
The Square Deal
Some canals open to the sea, the Panama Canal opens to the Pacific Ocean on one end and the Atlantic on the other end.
The first ship to complete the transit fo the canal was the cargo ship "Ancon", on August 15, 1914.