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politics of the panama canal
Date Submitted: 09/22/2004 03:32:52
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 7 pages (2031 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 7 pages (2031 words)
During the Spanish-American War the warship Oregon was summoned from the West Coast. The trip took two months to travel 14,000 miles around Cape Horn to the Atlantic. (The American Journey 741) How was the United States supposed to defend it shores if it took ships that long to get between them? The United State had to build a canal through Central America; national security depended on it.
The Politics of the Panama Canal are confusing. This
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