Panama Canal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Pacific oceans, built by the United States (1904 14) on territory...of the Spanish-American War (1899), U.S. control...the cause. When a U.S. commission recommended a canal through...was encouraged by the United States. Panama rose in...the treaty of 1846, the United States sent an American...signed, granting to the United States, in return for the...necessary for defense, and sanitary control of Panama City and...