The United States was primarily interested in completing the Panama Canal for which of these reasons? to improve shipping routes and increase global trade to allow the U. S. Navy to patrol the Pacific more easily to provide jobs for U. S. workers during a recession to get immigrant railroad workers out of the United States

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Cody Graham

6 December, 05:53

The United States was primarily interested in completing the Panama Canal for which of these reasons? to improve shipping routes and increase global trade to allow the U. S. Navy to patrol the Pacific more easily to provide jobs for U. S. workers during a recession to get immigrant railroad workers out of the United States

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Dulce Huffman · Answer 1

To improve shipping routes and increase global trade

Ray · Answer 2

The United States was interested in completing the Panama Canal to improve shipping/trade routes. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The Panama Canal was the perfect place for this.