AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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The United States was preoccupied with World War I.
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Workers had to combat deadly tropical diseases.
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Workers were provided with obsolete construction tools.
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The United States was unable to gain control in the region.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“There is too much water, the rocks are exceedingly hard, the soil is very hilly and the climate is deadly. The country is literally poisoned, ” complained senior French engineer Adolphe Godin de Lépinay. Outbreaks of dysentery and epidemics of yellow fever and malaria decimated the workforce.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Panama Canal was the construction miracle of the beginning of the 20th century. It also was a great demonstration of malaria control based on an integrated mosquito control program enforced by the military.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over 22, 000 workers died during the French effort to build the Canal, many of them from malaria and yellow fever. The symptoms of yellow fever were terrifying: fever, headaches, back pain, extreme thirst, and black vomit from internal bleeding.
Detailed explanation-4: -An estimated 12, 000 workers had died during the construction of the Panama Railway and over 22, 000 during the French effort to build a canal. Many of these deaths were due to disease, particularly yellow fever and malaria.