(A) True
(B) ** False, The French died of disease and the project was taken over by the US.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Led by Ferdinand de Lesseps-the builder of the Suez Canal in Egypt-the French began excavating in 1880. Malaria, yellow fever, and other tropical diseases conspired against the de Lesseps campaign and after 9 years and a loss of approximately 20, 000 lives, the French attempt went bankrupt.
Concept note-2: -The dangerous, difficult work and insurmountable financial problems ultimately doomed the French effort to build a sea-level canal and the investors were financially devastated when the company liquidated in 1889. Workers lost even more with an estimated 20, 000 dead.
Concept note-3: -By the time France abandoned the project in 1888, accidents and disease had claimed the lives of a staggering 20, 000 laborers, according to the U.S. State Department.
Concept note-4: -The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.