Question

Refer to the map below to answer the following question. What nation was responsible for constructing the Panama Canal from 1904 to 1914, and overseeing the waterway until 1999?

A) Mexico
B) Colombia
C) Costa Rica
D) the United States


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Answer 1

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Answer 2

France started the project in 1881, but it proved much more difficult than the Suez Canal. Columbia was in control of the territory. The United States help the people of the isthmus revolt against Columbia and become the nation of Panama. In return, the US got control of the land surrounding the canal route.
The US too 10 years to build the canal, which is a system of locks that raise and lower the water level between lakes and man made waterways.
The US didn't trust Panama to operate the new passage between oceans, so they kept i.
President Carter negotiate the turnover control to the Panamanians in the late 1970s. The turnover took effect in 1999.