The Panama Canal Was Beneficial To The US

Decision of building the Panama Canal was beneficial to the U.S

The Panama canal was built between 1904 to 1914 by the U.S Army, the canal connects the pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean. The Panama canal was built to save time when sending ships of merchandise for selling or trading instead of going all the way around Cape Horn. The Panama Canal was worth it and a good decision to the U.S.

The canal was still worth it despite what the canal costed because of the commercial goods, trade and military transit. There are 35 to 40 shippers that pass through the Panama canal a day. An example of how the Panama Canal benefits the U.S is shown according to the 1999-2000, Wheeling Jesuit University/Center for Educational Technologies “ Not
only is the Panama Canal important to Panama for income and jobs, but it is also considered to be vitally important to the United States economy. Many U.S. exports and imports travel through the Canal daily (over 10% of all U.S. shipping goes through the Canal).”(http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/camerica/panama/pctopic4.html). This implies that without the Panama Canal there would be less jobs and it would be harder to get the goods that we use/need in everyday life. Therefore the Panama Canal is worth the U.S had made the decision to build it.

The Panama Canal Benefited the United States with trade, before the canal was built traders from other parts of the world had to go around South America that made it a very risky trip for them, so after the Panama Canal was built it made it way faster and easier for the merchant ships to pass, which means there is more trade with other places and more money made for the United States.
According to the Pbs article Then & Now: The Panama Canal “Since the first ship passed through in April of 1914, the Panama Canal has been at the center of global trade. By 1939, more than 7,000 ships a year were traveling through the canal, but it did not turn a profit until the 1950s. In 1966, the lines at each end of the canal had grown so long that the ACP installed lighting to allow for overnight traffic.”(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/then-and-now/panama/ ).This shows that the Panama Canal helped trade for the U.S because the number of trades increased drastically because it was so much easier to pass and trade with the U.S. Which made making the Panama Canal worth it and beneficial to the
U.S.
Building the Panama canal was worth it, it benefited the U.
S with commercial goods, trade and military transit. Some people may say the Panama Canal was too expensive and that by building the canal they wasted around 425,000,000 dollars but there is an example where the Panama Canal is beneficial to the U.S despite the cost when the Military Significance Of The Panama Canal Article states “During World War II, the Panama Canal served as a deterrent to Germany and Japan, as the Canal gave the United States Navy the strategic flexibility to make up for the numerical disadvantage of the United States fleet. [GlobalSecurity.org] The Canal also shortened the Army’s supply line. While the Canal allowed the United States strategic flexibility, it also posed an attractive target for the enemy.”(https://beyondthehistorytextbooks.com/2014/10/07/military-significance-of-the-panama-canal/).This means that the cost of the Panama Canal was worth the cost because it helped the U.S during World War
II.

The Panama Canal was beneficial to the United States and was worth it, it helped the U.S with commercial goods, trade and military transit because it made it easier for the ships to pass through the canal. The Canal was a hard working achievement for the U.S and made it worth building.