Does anyone know two good reasons for building the panama canal?
The Panama Canal was built in 1907 because the U.S. wanted to send goods from one side of the ocean to the other. The canals construction took many years and there were many difficulties during that time. The future of the canal is unknown to many people but some think it’s not needed anymore. The United States wanted a canal through Panama for many reasons. The United States wanted to have a faster way to ship goods from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. When they built the canal it only took 5,200 miles as opposed to 13,000 miles. A second reason for the building of the canal was to send military ships between the two oceans. This would make the navy very strong in the time of a war. Building the canal would also expand the U.S. by making it easier to get to more territories. The construction of the canal was difficult and took many years. In 1882 they started excavating the land. The canal building consisted of two stages, 1881-1888 and 1904-1914. The French started the canal but gave
