(A) ** To help ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean faster
(B) To allow soldiers to travel by sea
(C) To create an easier way for the USS Maine to reach Cuba
(D) To help immigrants get to America
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Concept note-1: -President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal-a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Concept note-2: -The Panama Canal is a passageway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the country of Panama. Panama was chosen because it is the narrowest landmass between these two oceans.
Concept note-3: -Panama Canal, Spanish Canal de Panamá, lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama.
Concept note-4: -The canal shortcut made it possible for vessels to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in half the time previously required.