Panama Canal

Panama Canal 



At first, Columbia wouldn't let the U.S. build the canal through their land. However, after the rejection, the U.S. set up a revolution that led its independence of Panama. Panama and the U.S. organized a treaty to claim that the U.S. could build their canal. The Panama Canal was built between 1904 and 1914. In this cartoon, the cartoonist message is that Roosevelt is digging his way through Panama and piling all the dirt on Bogota. However, he looks over a captain waving a flag that says, "treaty." Below him are ship ready to go through. Other people might say that he is ignoring the treaty because he is half way down with the canal. Also in the background, you can see other ships coming the way he is digging. I believe that building the canal was a smart thing to do because although it separated to countries, it saved time by couple hours or days.

http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/panamacanal.htm
http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/toonsbytopic/cartoon301.gif (political cartoon)