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| Who said "Speak softly but carry a big stick?" |
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| What did Teddy Roosevelt call the Navy? |
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| What was the reason for the building of the Panama Canal? |
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| a canal was needed through Central America to get the fleet form the Atlantic to the Pacific |
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| Who was supposed to build the canal? What happened that changed this? Who was now in charge of building it? |
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| U.S. and Great Britain; Hay-Pauncefote Treaty; U.S. |
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| Where were the two sites that the canal might have been built? |
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| When Panama was chosen, what country did it belong to at the time? |
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| How much did the U.S. offer Columbia for Panama? Did Columbia accept the offer? |
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| $10 million + $250,000 yearly rent; no |
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| Panama wanted independence. Who helped them out and how? |
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| Teddy Roosevelt sent The Great White Fleet to help |
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| Who staged a revolt in Panama? |
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| Phillpe Bunau-Varilla and Panama rebels |
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| it cost? How many people died building it? |
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| 10 years; $390 million; 5,609 lives |
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| How long is the Panama Canal? How long does it shorten the distance? |
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| 50 miles long; 8,000 nautical miles |
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| When was the control of the canal given back to Panama? |
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| How much of cargo that goes through the Panama Canal is from the U.S. |
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