USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Once he became president, Roosevelt acted quickly to establish plans to build the canal. In 1902, the U.S. reached an agreement to buy rights to the French canal property and equipment. Next, the U.S. then began negotiating a Panama treaty with Colombia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1903, the United States negotiated a treaty with Colombia that granted the United States the right to construct and operate a canal for 100 years within a zone six-miles wide across Panama.

Detailed explanation-3: -He firmly believed in expanding American power in the world. To do this, he wanted a strong navy. And he wanted a way for the navy to sail quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Roosevelt decided to build that waterway.

Detailed explanation-4: -France was ultimately the first country to attempt the task. Led by Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the Suez Canal in Egypt, the construction team broke ground on a planned sea-level canal in 1880.