Objective: To examine the construction of the Panama Canal. Do Now: p. 676 Geography Skills #2-3.

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Objective: To examine the construction of the Panama Canal. Do Now: p. 676 Geography Skills #2-3

Animation: How the Panama Canal Works Panama Canal Timelapse

France, led by engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, began construction on the canal in 1881.Ferdinand de Lesseps About $287,000,000 had been spent and 20,000 men had died, mostly of yellow fever and malaria, before the French gave up. Panama Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps

President Theodore Roosevelt stated in a speech about the Panama Canal, "No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is as of such consequence to the American people."President Theodore Roosevelt

Colombia, 1822

Therefore, the U.S. encouraged the Panamanian people to revolt against Colombia.revolt against Colombia Colombia refused to grant the U.S. permission to complete the canal project.

On November 3, 1903, Panama declared their independence from Colombia and allowed the U.S. to build the canal.

U.S. workers first sprayed tons of insecticide across Panama in order to destroy the mosquito eggs in an attempt to limit cases of malaria and yellow fever.

1905 fumigation car eradicating the mosquitoes - Panama City

Using mainly black workers from the West Indies, the U.S. finished the canal in Arrival of SS. Ancon with 1500 laborers from Barbados at the Cristobal Port in Colon, Panama

TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904) The Panama Canal – Live Cameras