Do Now: What role should the US play in foreign affairs? Objectives: Examine and evaluate US actions in Panama.

Do Now: What role should the US play in foreign affairs?

Objectives: Examine and evaluate US actions in Panama

Theodore Roosevelt:

International Diplomacy

1850 Clayton—Bulwer Treaty Treaty

between Great Britain and US to assure one another that, if a canal were to be built, it would be a joint endeavor.

Sec. of State Clayton

The French Give it a Go 1879 Ferdinand Lesseps

25 year deal with Colombia for strip of land across Panama 8 years later construction halts

Disease Debt and corruption

Offered US Rights to build for 40 million Obstacles existed

Roosevelt and Mahan

Oregon takes two months to sail the 14,000-mile journey to Cuba from California

Isthmian Canal Commission

Commission established to discuss the feasibility of: Canal across Panama Canal across Nicaragua

Proponents of a Panama canal route emphasized the threat of active volcanoes and earthquakes in Nicaragua, neither of which plagued Panama.

1901 Hay—Pauncefote Treaty Repealed the Clayton Bulwer Treaty

The U.S. was authorized to construct and manage a Central American canal

The U.S. was to guarantee the neutrality of the canal and was authorized to fortify the area, if necessary

The canal was to be open to all nations; rates were to be fair and equal

Sec. of State John Hay

A Sketchy Deal Colombia refused America’s

offers US supports an uprising of the

Panamanians (a Colombian territory) and blockades Colombian military preventing them from ending the revolt.

Panama gains independence and America signs the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903) which gives US complete control of the 10 mile wide strip of land across Panama for 10 Million + 250,000 per year

Construction of Canal

1898 Culebra Cut

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Here is how the Panama Canal works

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Here is how the Panama Canal works

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Here is one of the maps used when making the canal

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How Did the Americans Control the Mosquitoes? •Spraying oil on water to prevent mosquitoes

•Putting up screens and cutting grass also helped

Yellow Fever Quarantine

Fumigation Car

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Courtesy of: http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panamacanalphoto002.htm

Here are the giant locks

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Here are the giant locks being built

Photo from the Canal Zone Brats www.czbrats.com

Here are the giant locks being built

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The building of the canal

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The building of the canal

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1914 The Canal Opens

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Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”=Big Stick Diplomacy

The United States reserves the right to intervene militarily in Latin American affairs