Objective: Identify America's role in the Panama revolution and then building the Panama Canal.

Objective:Identify America's role in the Panama revolution and then building the Panama Canal

APK/Vocab

• Roosevelt Corollary – no Europeans in West– Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

• Revolution• Permit• Treaty• Lease• Negotiate• Locks

Importance

• A main reason the United States built the Panama Canal was to– 1. close the Western Hemisphere to new

European colonization.– 2. reduce travel time for commercial and military

shipping.– 3. promote an isolationist foreign policy.– 4. prevent the spread of communism.

French - The 1800’s

• 1835 France is given a permit to build a canal across Panama.

• However first they have to come up with a plan to build the canal.

• In 1881 they finally start.

Building the CanalThe next few pictures show what the

area looked like when the French started building the canal. What

challenges do you think they faced building a canal in this type of area?

Image Courtesy of: http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/jennions/images/Panama%20lake.jpg

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

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After looking at these pictures what do you think would be the challenges of

trying to build a canal through a tropical jungle and mountains?

The French Give Up

• 1881 A French company begins construction on the canal.

• After eight years France gives up on the project.

• Over 20,000 construction workers died working on the project for France and the company trying to build the canal goes bankrupt.

Why was it so important to build a canal?

• It is 1904. Theodore Roosevelt is president, and the United States is fast becoming one of the most powerful nations in the world. Such recent inventions as the telephone and the automobile make the 3,000 mile wide country seem a lot smaller.

But, what if a canal were built where the land between North America and South America is narrowest-across Panama? That could shorten the trip by nearly 8,000 miles!

Panama Canal

• In 1901 the United States negotiated the rights to build a canal in the Caribbean– Had to allow all nations to use it

• U.S. decides to construct canal in Panama, which was part of Colombia

• Colombia did not agree to the financial terms offered by the United States

Panama Canal

• Roosevelt strongly encourages Panamanians to rebel and declare their independence

• Under TR’s foreign policy, use brokers a treaty, which Panama to construct a canal and lease the land for 99 years

Panama Canal

• 250 million cubic yards of soil removed

• Ten years to construct• Workers died of yellow

fever and malaria

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TR in Panama(Construction begins in

1904)

TR in Panama(Construction begins in

1904)

Here are the giant locks

Courtesy of: http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panamacanalphoto026.htm

Here are the giant locks being built

Photo from the Canal Zone Brats www.czbrats.com

Here are the giant locks being built

Photos Courtesy of www.panamacanal.com

Here is how the Panama Canal works

Image Courtesy of: http://www.panamacanal-cruises.com/panama-canal-pictures/crosssections.jpg

Here is how the Panama Canal works

Photo Courtesy of: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Panama/ProfilePC.jpg

Here is one of the maps used when making the canal

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The Roosevelt Corollary The Roosevelt Corollary to the to the

Monroe Doctrine: Monroe Doctrine: 1905 1905

The Roosevelt Corollary The Roosevelt Corollary to the to the

Monroe Doctrine: Monroe Doctrine: 1905 1905

Chronic wrongdoing… Chronic wrongdoing… may in America, as may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately elsewhere, ultimately require intervention require intervention by some civilized by some civilized nation, and in the nation, and in the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere the adherence of the the adherence of the United States to the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may Monroe Doctrine may force the United force the United States, however States, however reluctantly, in flagrant reluctantly, in flagrant cases of suchcases of such wrongdoing or wrongdoing or impotence, to the impotence, to the exercise of an exercise of an international police international police powerpower .

Speak Softly,Speak Softly,But Carry a Big Stick!But Carry a Big Stick!

Speak Softly,Speak Softly,But Carry a Big Stick!But Carry a Big Stick!

Panama Canal Today

Panama Canal

Working Conditions

Imagine working on the Panama Canal. By noon the temperature is about 100 degrees. It’s humid-so humid that after it rains steam rises from the ground and your clothes become soaking wet. There is no shade, no air-conditioning, and no place to get cool.

Working Conditions

The average yearly rainfall is about 80 inches. Flooding makes the ground like pudding, and you can sink up to your knees in mud. Tropical diseases, such as yellow fever and malaria are spread easily by mosquitoes.

Working Conditions

A tropical jungle may be a fascinatingplace for scientists to work, but forworkers trying to build a canal it’s anightmare. Imagine trying to dig outtons of dirt in a jungle like this. And there was no insect repellent to keepthe bugs from biting.

Working conditions

As one worker said, “There was no shelter from the sun or the rain. There were no trees, and when the sun shines, you get it. When the rain falls you get it.”

Importance

• A main reason the United States built the Panama Canal was to– 1. close the Western Hemisphere to new

European colonization.– 2. reduce travel time for commercial and military

shipping.– 3. promote an isolationist foreign policy.– 4. prevent the spread of communism.

Closure

• The United States gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by– 1. negotiating with Mexico.– 2. invading and attacking Colombia.– 3. implementing the Open Door Policy.– 4. encouraging and supporting Panamanian

independence.

Closure

• The main reason the U.S. supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia in 1903 was to– 1. gain the rights to complete a canal linking the

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.– 2. increase the number of democratic nations in Latin

America.– 3. reduce European colonialism in the Western

Hemisphere.– 4. prevent a foreign power from seizing land in Central

America.

Closure

• For many years after the United States had obtained the land to build the Panama Canal, Latin American countries– 1. became friendly toward the United States because of

the canal.– 2. refused to use the canal and refused to trade with the

United States.– 3. were angry at the United States for its role in the

Panama Revolution.– 4. received regular payments to help provide security for

the canal.

Closure

• Which President is responsible for the building of a canal in Panama– 1. William McKinley– 2. Theodore Roosevelt– 3. Woodrow Wilson– 4. Howard Taft