Suez Canal

Some of the struggles that they had building the canal was facing a lot of dangerous things. Like death, example they could get killed by getting buried alive during a mudslide. They could also get sick, they could catch yellow fever. Yellow fever would kill a good amount of people. But they would also get sent back to where they came from if they complained, asked for a raise, or if they asked something that they were not supposed to they would get sent home, or where ever they came from.The…

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 this canal in 1500s. The idea to build such a long canal was…

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…

Like other countries in South and Central America, Panama has had some serious environmental issues. For a lot of the country’s history, money had more importance than conservation, and an ethic of “man over nature” pervaded the culture. Forests were chopped down routinely to make room for cattle. However, in the 20th century Panama started to take positive steps in the opposite direction. The country started to create protected areas (including parks and wildlife refuges), write environmental…

The Path Between The Seas was written by David McCullough in the year 1977. This book has the privilege of being the winner of the national book award in history. The book was published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. The book opens with the United States showing a great interest in a navigable connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This interest has been around since founding father Thomas Jefferson’s time. Due to this fascination, the United States decides to negotiate access to…

the year 1817, a manmade canal was built and changed the lives of many ordinary Americans. The Erie Canal is a canal that spreads from Albany to Buffalo New York and connects with the Great Lakes. The Canal gave residents the chance to start over and build up from what they have. I have had the opportunity to read The Artificial River by Carol Sheriff. In her book, she explained how the Erie Canal changed lives and how it help show progress in American history. Some topics that Sheriff used to…

In his essay “No Time to Read,” David McCullough discusses how reading books is the best way for one to gather and learn information. McCullough talks about the lack of reading that occurs in our society today, that without reading books, we are not gaining knowledge. He believes that if people would actually take time out of their day and read books, that we gain more knowledge than the internet can offer us. He mentions even though we have easy access to the internet with a touch of a button,…

The building of the Panama Canal is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in history. In the 1820s, at the time of initial American interest in the Panama Canal, Panama was part of Gran Colombia. The building of the Panama Canal would create a new alliance for the U.S. while gaining financially and acquiring independence from Colombia. The building and maintaining of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s allowed the United States to develop and gain economically while Panama received…

Panama Canal is one of the coolest traveling canal people and things can go on.The Panama Canal was constructed by a man made waterway. The United states built it from 1904 to 1914.But some things they had to overcome was rain,diseases,transportation, and more. While constructing the Panama Canal. Canals are built for a variety of uses including land drainage, water supply, hydroelectric power generation, and transportation of cargo and people. To conserve water and to facilitate two-way travel…

with his involvement in building the Panama Canal and building up the Navy. Roosevelt believed that building a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans was key to becoming a dominate naval power. The proposed site for the canal was in the northern part of Columbia, modern day Panama. Roosevelt attempted to reach a deal to build the canal with the Columbian government, but when the deal fell apart Roosevelt had to find another way to build the canal. Aware of an oncoming revolution in…