Panama Flashcards
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Panama Canal
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Panama, Canal
1904-1914, 10 years
1. Built by the U.S. to facilitate easier trade routes.
2. However it manipulated relations with the region by offering help to Panamanians for “independence” from Colombia in exchange for allowing them to go though.
3. US held control of the region until 1999, shows how extensive their strong hold was on the small nation.
