To begin with, Theodore Roosevelt had huge ambitions and delusions of dominion. He believed the …show more content…
November 1903, the Panamanians won their independence from Colombia, President Roosevelt used the 'Roosevelt Corollary' to begin the contraction of the Canal. With the Canal building 400,000 men participated in the engineering of the structure. It was no easy task for these men. These hard workers had to clear bushes, drain swamps and check for malaria and yellow fever. The workers had to make an artificial river, and have boulders, the president had hoped for the structure to be built. Many workers have died of yellow fever, malaria or by …show more content…
He had equipment sent and new revisions and efficient plans that would be used. Stevens also recruited the West Indians. Steven also spotted conflicts that would have to be resolved to continue the plan. He also recommended president Roosevelt to have the canal locked. As mentioned before, there were diseases going on which workers had to clear off. Another men who contributed with structure were Dr. Williams Gorgas, who believed that the mosquitoes were the cause of illness. He and his people cleared the Malaria and the Yellow fever. One by one, house by house, water was cleaned and killed the mosquitoes. Later, Stevens had abandoned the project with Goethals taking charge in engineering. He focused on the Rocky Mountains, although it was filled with danger. From his discoveries the project of the Canal continued.
Equally important, the building of the Canal finished in 1914. Unfortunately, president Theodore Roosevelt had died in 1921. He had defended the idea of overthrowing Colombia. For his last days, president Roosevelt had worked for his trench no matter whom or what was blocking him from achieving his goal. When Theodore Roosevelt died, the United States made a treaty with Colombia and paid the nation of Panama. The canal had proven global trade and routes for the United States in the 20th century. The waterway improved trading and made the United States gain world