History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0925 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Panama
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The idea
After France failed to build a canal between eighteen eighty-one and eighteen ninety-four, the Colombian Senate refused American terms for a canal zone across Panama.
In practice
Roosevelt backing Panamanian independence in November nineteen oh three, with American warships off the coast.
Where people slip
The United States recognised Panama within a week, on the terms Colombia had refused. Unit fifteen shows the canal returned.
Your place on the trail
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