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Panama. To Canal or not to Canal. PANAMA CANAL. American Involvement. Roosevelt negotiated for canal with Colombian diplomats. Colombian agent signed treaty that gave canal for $10 million Colombian senate outraged, and refused to ratify Roosevelt planned to organize and finance revolution

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  1. Panama To Canal or not to Canal

  2. PANAMA CANAL

  3. American Involvement • Roosevelt negotiated for canal with Colombian diplomats. • Colombian agent signed treaty that gave canal for $10 million • Colombian senate outraged, and refused to ratify • Roosevelt planned to organize and finance revolution • Received help from French Co. (Banau-Varilla) • Roosevelt prevented Columbia from suppressing rebellion • US recognized Panama as a country • New government agreed to US terms • Canal finished in 1914

  4. United States Motives & Justifications Motives • Needed easier passage over oceans • Easier contact with Eastern World • Improved Naval Mobility • Simpler Trade Routes • Justifications • US was expanding • “Mandate from Civilization” • Colombia wronged US by prohibiting advancement • Would help Panama’s economy - Justifications had no foundation - Motives were apparent

  5. Reaction of Local Population • Colombians were inconsolably and unimaginably outraged. • Panama was happy with independence • Panama content to grant US usage of canal

  6. Final Results • US has secure passage from Atlantic to Pacific • Colombians and the rest of South America distrust the US • Imperialism in US continues to grow • Europe and the world frown on the US as the “Big Brother”

  7. The United States: A Mafia Don • US gave Panama independence for access to Panama Canal • US offered to build canal and give it to Panama to access • The US helped forcefully take Colombian land for personal gain

  8. US Actions: Beneficial or Detrimental? • Beneficial to US - Improved Naval Mobility - Open Route to Trade with East - Sailing around South America not necessary • Detrimental - Portrayed US in a negative way - “Big Brother”Imperialism evident - Relations with South America strained - Colombian power weakened

  9. Works Cited • Brown, Sharen. "The Panama Canal." Institute of International Studies: Latin America Semester. Institute of International Studies of Missouri Southern State College, 6 Jan. 1999. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.mssu.edu/international/Latinam/canal.htm>. • Holmgren, Chuck. "The Panama Canal." Panama-Pacific International Exposition. University of Virginia American Studies Program, 2002. Web. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EMA03/ holmgren/ppie/pc.html>. • "The Panama Canal." Global Perspectives. Wheeling Jesuit University Center for Educational Technologies, 2002. Web. 8Oct. 2010. <http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/camerica/panama/ PCtopic3.html>.

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