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2 decisions- Locks vs. sea level canal? Government funds vs. private company?: Locks and government funds.
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1905- Roosevelt employed who as an engineer for the Panama Canal?: John Franks Stevens.
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1905- Russo- Japanese War-: T. Roosevelt feared that Japan would win the war and upset the balance of power in Asia. Roosevelt Mediates a peace agreement and seceded in keeping open trade with China. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Bunau- Varilla Treaty: Panama negotiates with Hay and the U.S. gets the canal rights.
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Chagres River: River that flooded and engulfed french equipment
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Clinton: Was president when the Canal was released and turned over to the Panamanians
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Dollars for bullets-: Taft wanted to prevent war by substituting dollars for bullets.
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Ferdinand De Lesseps: Engineer who built the Suez Canal, and the engineer for the French attempt on the Panama Canal
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French Attempt at the Panama Canal: 214 million dollars. They relied on private companies to fund the project. Engineer- Ferdinand De Lesseps (built the Suez Canal)
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Gatun lake: Man made lake of the Panama Canal
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Hay- Herra treaty-: U.S. could govern Panama if they paid Columbia 10 million dollars. Columbia wanted more money so they backed out.
The Panamanians hear of this and revolt because they want American money. Columbia send troops.
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How long is tha canal: 50 miles
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Imperialism Grows:: Economic reasons- needed new markets to sell manufactured goods and farm products
Nationalism- pride and devotion to one's country. U.S. becomes a world power.
Military- Europe's growing navies require more military bases to be set up. U.S. developes great white fleet
Humanitarian/ religious reasons- spread Christianity and the American way of life.
HufleetflwSecond largest in the world.
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Jimmy Carter: Signed a treaty to release the Panama Canal in 1999. He turned the Canal over to the Panamanians.
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Mules: locomotives use to pull ships into locks
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Pago Pago: A harbor in Samoa that McKinley was interest in.
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President when Panama recieved full control of the canal: Clinton
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President when the canal was begun: Roosevelt
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President William McKinley: Under him, Hawaii was annexed, he wants to maintain peace in the Spanish American war, he is assasinated so his vice president Roosevelt is elected.
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Problems With the French Attempt: 1. He wanted to build a sea level canal. The route went through mountains. Other engineers suggested that he use locks to shift ships over the hills or mountains. He said no.
2. The Chagres river flooded and engulfed his equipment.
3. workers got sick with Malaria and Yellow Fever.
4. Landslides
5. Money ran out- they abandoned the project in 1889.
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Roosevelt Corollary-: U.S. would intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries (Latin America) to prevent other nations from intervening and causing a threat to the U.S.
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Santo Domingo-: Santo Domingo went bankrupt and European countries wanted to collect their money. U.S. took over the countries finances and paid their debts to Europe. People resented the U.S. help.
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Taft's foreign policy goals:: Maintain open trade with Asia and preserve stability in Latin America.
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The U.S. gains control of the canal:: 1. The French offers the canal to the U.S. for 100 million dollars. The U.S. counteroffers for 40 million.
2. Columbia owned part of Panama, so we had to get a treaty to build the rest of the Canal.
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The U.S. wants the canal:: to shorten the route from New York to San Francisco, help American trade, and to protect American possessions in the Pacific.
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What does Roosevelt's quote "speak softly and carry a bid stick and you will go far" mean?: He would make the U.S. navy patrol Latin America countries with big ships. This would intimidate them and if they were thinking about doing something bad they might change their mind. This made Latin America suspicious of American protection and feared the U.S. would annex more land.
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Who was John Frank Stevens later replaced by?: George Goethals. He finished the job 1 year early.
