USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America.

Detailed explanation-2: -About the Panama Canal The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus (a narrow strip of land with sea on either side) of Panama. The canal is about 80 km (50 mi) long.

Detailed explanation-3: -From its opening in 1914 until 1979, the Panama Canal was controlled solely by the United States, which built it.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal-a trans-isthmian canal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Roosevelt visiting the Panama Canal construction site In 1904, the US took over a massive overseas building project-a ship canal in Panama that would connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.