Question

What primary benefit did Theodore Roosevelt see in digging a canal through Panama?

Answer 1

a faster route from pacific ocean to atlantic by cutting through panama

Answer 2

Yep, so the Navy could get to key points with-out having to go all the way around South America.

Answer 3

You would be able to cross the Colombian isthmus of Panama and unite the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, therefore cutting miles and man hours .

worthy of a medal :D?

Answer 4

Left hanging ^