Panama Canal
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"The Panama Canal"
What is the USS Oregon? What is Yellow Jack and Malaria? Where is Colombia? Who was Teddy Roosevelt? These questions and more will be answered soon.
People wanted to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans almost since the day Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513. The isthmus was only about 50 miles wide. A canal through the isthmus would make the journey from San Francisco to New York City by nearly 8,000 miles.
John Hay was the secretary of state in the US at the time that Roosevelt was president. Teddy Roosevelt wanted Hay to approach Colombia about building a canal...