History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2167 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Panama Canal
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The idea
Carter helped arrange for the Panama Canal to pass to Panamanian control in nineteen ninety-nine, the anchor records.
In practice
The canal Theodore Roosevelt had secured in unit seven, handed back.
Where people slip
The anchor counts the canal's return among Carter's foreign policy successes, alongside improved relations with China.
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