Map Activity 2 for Chapter 21
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Map Activity 2 for Chapter 21
MAP 21.2 THE PANAMA CANAL, 1914
The Panama Canal, completed in 1914, bisects the isthmus in a series of massive locks and dams. As Theodore Roosevelt had planned, the canal greatly strengthened the U.S. Navy by allowing ships to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific in a matter of days.