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approximately how many lines did dr. gorges work on sanitation save ?

70,000 to 71,000

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from what country did Panama with its independence

Colombia

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how did Theodore Roosevelt become president?

he was vice president but then president McKinley got shot so he became president

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how many ships have gone through the canal

half a million

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how many workers worked on the Panama Canal?

100,000

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how much did the US have to pay to Colombia for reparations

25million

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how much was the man who swam across the canal charged as a toll?

38 cents

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how much were laborers paid per day

90 cents a day

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in what year did Columbus stumble on Panama?

1502

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list two challenges that the French encountered ion Panama

• Savage animals

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• malaria

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• yellow fever

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• never been to Panama so everything is new

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the Americans were afraid that who would take over the Panama Canal during world war 2?

the nazis

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the Panama Canal represents the perfect balance between _____________________________________________

technology and teamwork

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true or false? maintenance is no longer needed on the canal

false

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what country first attempted to build the canal?

France

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what disease had been eliminated by Christmas of 1905

yellow fever

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what engineer replaced John Stevens

George Washington goggles

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what id the us refuse to raise in the Canal Zone?

the Panamanian flag to be raised along the us flag

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what statement did teddy rooselvent take three years after leaving office, which revealed American involvement in the coup

"I took the isthmus" which means that he helped Panama take over the canal land

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what two oceans did explorers want to link with the canal?

Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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what was as regular as rain?

funerals

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what was the primary tool for moving earth

dynamite

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which us president visited the workers in Panama

roosevelt

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who was president of the us during the start of ward war 2

Franklin d roosevelt

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who was the American engineer selected to build the canal

John frank steevens

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who was the president of the US during the building of the canal

Theodore roosevelt

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why did the completion of the Panama Canal get pushed to the back of the newspapers

because it was just days before Europe erupted in war (world war 1)

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why has the canal been expanded?

to allow passage of wider and larger boats and increases access