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Pbs: American Experience: Panama Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
Regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business on August 15, 1914. America's ingenuity and innovation had triumphed over insurmountable odds. PBS brings us this incredible story via online...
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Digital History

Digital History: How the Us Obtained the Panama Canal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The story behind building a canal through the isthmus of Panama is one of incompetence and corruption on the part of the French, who first attempted the feat. Many of the actions of the United States in acquiring the land through which...