1904-1914



In 1904, when Roosevelt was president, costruction began on the Panama Canal, construction ended 1914. Columbia use to own Panama, but the U.S. gave the Panamanians guns to rebel against the Columbians. The Panamanians won and let the construction start on the Panama Canal.

Info provided by:PATHWAYS TO TH PRESENT U.S. History, page 367

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