THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Question
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Risks of colonization of Panama
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Risks associated with the Spanish American War
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Dangers from construction of the Panama Canal
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Dangers of traveling around South America
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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 control of malaria was vital for the construction of the Panama Canal. The discovery by Major Ronald Ross that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes had tremendous impact on development programs in the tropics.
Detailed explanation-3: -The deadly endemic diseases of yellow fever and malaria were dangerous obstacles that had already defeated French efforts to construct a Panama Canal in the 1880s. The crippling effects of these diseases, which incapacitated many workers and caused at least 20, 000 to die, led the French to abandon their goal in 1889.
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.