Isthmus of Panama

In 1899 President Theodore Roosevelt started a project of building the Panama Canal. It is the 50 mile long water passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This passage is very useful because ships can travel through it and they don’t have to go all the way around the continent. This is the main purpose for this canal, to shorten the passage that ships have to travel. This saved a lot of money on fuel that ships had to use to go around the continent. People thought about building…

Have you ever heard of the Panama Canal? The Panama Canal is a is a 50 mile canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean together. The Panama Canal is a man made structure. Did you know that they had over 20,000 jobs and workers for this canal, they would have about 6,000 men working at a time. The canal was built in jungles, mountains, and other harsh things to build something. They would have to dig the canal out with a dredge since they had to dig in the jungle and mountains. They also…

Greetings classmates, The Panama Canal connected the Atlantic to the Pacific. The manifest destiny belief was even put into practice in the 20th-century. The Panama Canal was a representation of the United States' power in the region. The United States did not lose control of the canal until 1999. China is the top exporter and is having a greater influence in the region. Container ships and cruise ships pass through the canals bringing money to the region. The canal gave the United States…

canal is your job. Despite the environment you are destined to create this canal, but why? You don't realize what you're creating is about to be a historical landmark. Just imagine being a construction worker on the beautiful figure, the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was an invention that impacted the world and global trading system. It was an invention that impacted American history, a technological construction on nature, and a remarkable accomplishment from mankind. It was a manmade canal…

failed; Nicaragua has a history for their canal schemes to fail. It wasn’t until Chinese billionaire; Wang Jing visited Nicaragua and gave the Nicaraguans hope for a new canal to be built. The canal is planned to be about three times the size of the Panama…

The Panama Canal is planning on being widened since its completion. Since there are virtually enormous shipments coming from Asia, there is an uncontested use of area needed for the Panama Canal. This work in progress is projected to be completed this year in 2015. So what will that do for the west coast ports? It will cause the Gulf Coast to gain jobs and seek local and federal investments. With the incidents such as Katrina, and the major oil spill, the Gulf coast could use some type of…

Before 1914 Ships wanting to cross between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, had to travel a long journey around South America. A canal through Panama was the solution, but it proved to be a difficult task. It was only 48 miles across but terrain consisted of tough mountainous jungles that defeated the French. They had started work on the canal in the late 1800’s, but ultimately failed. Later the United States took over construction of the canal. In order to save a lot of work, they decided…

The Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is 48 miles. It’s a system of locks that function as water lifts. The locks are 110 feet wide and 1050 feet long. It lifts the ships from sea level. The ships then sail to the channel through the continental divide. It takes 8 to 10 hours to pass through the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was built to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.The building process began in 1881…

Great Wall and Panama Canal The purpose behind each structure and the challenges builders faced during their construction, were that the Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal had people die and also the lack of money to continue building the structures. The Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal are to different things but they are the same in different was. The great wall was built for many different reason and problems that China might have had with other countries. the panama canal is…

The United States (U.S.) government has no greater role in today’s world than to provide strong leadership to the global community and to ensure that we safeguard our national and strategic interests from physical and economic encroachment and provide unfretted protection to our U.S. citizens in an uncertain and unpredictable world. America’s prosperity as a nation remains unapparelled in the world history and our leadership within the international community serves as an exemplar for all states…