... in South America. At the time of the French canal construction the area was a republic of Columbia. Panama borders Costa Rica, Columbia, the Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. Its strategic location is on the eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America. The purpose ... of the canal was to link the North Atlantic Ocean via the Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean. The total area of the country is 78, 200 sq km. The ethnic composition is 64 percent Mestizo, 14 ... filled hospitals and put many men six feet under. Engineering problems also caused seri...

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... State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. In other areas of the Pacific, as well as in Latin America, ... national interest. During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. A number of U.S. interventions in the Caribbean and Central America were undertaken largely to protect the canal from hostile powers. The canal's construction was a phenomenal undertaking. In 1850, U.S. ...

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... liked the way that the Spaniards were treated the Cubans. After this an U.S. battleship (Maine) was docked outside of Havana (Cuba's Capital) and all of a sudden exploded from under the sea. At the time no one actually knew the real reason why the ship exploded but many Americans thought that it was the Spaniards. 266 officers and men were lost in ... the acquisition of California, the Oregon Territory, and Alaska. By the end of the 19th century the doctrine was being applied to the proposed annexation of various islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean". (Encarta 98) The Boxe...

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