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HIST 285 Quiz Two Panama Canal October 7, 2019

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There were several reasons the French failed to complete the Panama Canal, and the Americans succeeded. Choose one and describe it. A. French- Pioneers 1. Suez Canal a) Egypt b) 105 miles 2. Panama a) Believes that it can be at sea level b) Original idea Has never been to panama 3. Society of Geology a) French engineer shared Idea to use locks (1) Not supported by the group 4. Conditions a) Entirely different than suez b) Bad plants, insects, weather, snakes c) Rain (1) Dry season when the idea was constructed (2) Wet season during build d) Disease (1) Malaria, smallpox, yellow fever (2) “Canal digger or grave digger” 5. Building a) Cut the jungle by hand b) Not taught to improvise like the Americans 6. Money a) Not death stopped b) Private financing did not fund enough c) Panama brought national disgrace B. Americans

1. Teddy Roosevelt a) Gained panama’s trust b) Assisted in throwing out Colombia c) Visited during the rainy season to see the worst conditions 2. Canal Treaty a) No panamanians present b) United states act as sovereign and right to build in construction zone 3. Improvise a) At first no one had a plan 4. John Stevens a) Second engineer on the project b) Saved the canal from disaster c) Quit mysteriously after he ran everything smoothly (1) Might have been overworked 5. Technology a) Came later able to use new technology 6. Sanitation a) Knew the origins of yellow fever b) Clean up brigades in order to put in new sewers, pave sidewalks, streets, sanitary water, mosquito repellent c) Built communities with good accommodation to attract good, devoted workers d) By 1905 no more yellow fever 7. Lock and Lake a) Futile to build at sea level 8. Larger Equipment a) Railroads b) Use larger more innovative technologies in order to move more debris 9. Labor a) Less than 10% americans b) All foreign c) Racial segregation

(1) Payment less to those of color II.

Is this a story of American imperialism? Why or why not? A. Improved the conditions of panama

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What image in the film most affected you? Why? A....