The United States' new sense of itself as world power is evidenced by its plan to build a canal across a narrow stretch of land in Central America. When Roosevelt's Secretary of State John Hay is unsuccessful in his attempts to negotiate a canal treaty with Columbia, Roosevelt finds an ally in Philippe Bunau-Varilla, chief engineer of failed French project in Panama. Bunau-Varilla, with U. S. naval support, works with revolutionaries in Panama to sever their ties with Columbia. Days later, the U. S. recognizes an independent Panama, signs a treaty with the young nation, and work on this ten-year project begins. When the canal opens in 1914, Wilson establishes a user rate that is the same for everyone, extending the idea that every nation should benefit from the canal.

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United States as world power, U. S. plan to build canal, Theodore Roosevelt, John Hay, failed negotiations with Columbia, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, Panamanian revolt, treaty with Panama, building the Panama Canal, equitable rate for canal use, United States and the World, 1901-1917, The

American Government, American History, American Studies, Foreign Policy of the U.S., Unfinished Nation, The

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