The+Panamal+Canal+,+Hay-Pauncefote+Treaty

=__**The Panama Canal & the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty**__=
 * Roosevelt** felt that the panama canal was the most important action he took regarding foreign affairs. Though it was attempted to be built in the 1880's it was successfully build from 1904 to 1914

[|The Panama Canal] was of the highest human expenditures of the time. It was built across the Isthmus of Panama. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty permitted the U.S. to build the Panama Canal and allowed for control of a zone five-miles wide on either side of the canal. Led to tension in the 1900's. It was built for much smaller ships than are built today, however it was one of the most highly traveled waterways in the world at the time and gained profits until early 1970's. It made trips from the east coast to the west coast of the U.S. much shorter
 * The Hay-Paucefote Treaty** did two things, it nullified the [|Clayton-Bulwer Treaty] and it gave the U.S. the right to control and create a canal across Central America.