Question

In order to facilitate the building of the Panama Canal. the U.S.
A.Coerced France into giving up its claims on building the canal.
B.Militarily conquered the Canal Zone in order to build the canal with no outside interference.
C.Backed Panamanian independence from Colombia in order to get a better financial offer to build the canal.
D.Was in a tight competition to finish building the canal before the English efforts to build a canal in Nicaragua succeeded.
E.Declared that only countries that put money towards the building of the canal would get to use it.

Answer 1

Hint: The Panama Canal is an 82-kilometer-long man-made waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific. This canal crosses the Isthmus of Panama and is a canal for sea trade. The canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999. It is now managed and managed by the Panama Canal Government.

Complete answer:
French efforts to build a canal through Panama (Province of Colombia) continue. Under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal in Egypt, France began excavation in 1880. Malaria, yellow fever and other tropical diseases competed against de Lesseps' campaign, and after 9 years and the loss of about 20,000 lives, the French experience was bankrupt. Despite the failure, US interest in the channel continues to decline. The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 revoked the previous Clayton Boulevard Agreement and allowed the United States to build and operate its own canal. After heated debate over the location of a proposed canal, the US Senate chose to build a canal through Panama on June 19, 1902. Within six months, Secretary of State John Hay signed a contract with Colombian Foreign Minister Thomas Herran to build a new canal. Financial terms were unacceptable to the Colombian Congress and it rejected the proposal.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: In 1903, the newly independent Panama sold the rights to the canal to the United States for 10 million dollars. It was not until 1999 that all U.S. military bases were closed that the U.S. military had a strong presence in the Panama Canal Zone. The canal is still used to transport military watercraft.