Explain the steps that the united states took to build and control the Panama canal

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Explain the steps that the united states took to build and control the Panama canal

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Josiah Mendez · Answer 1

Building the Panama Canal, 1903-1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal-a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.