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History Quiz: The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was considered indispensable to U.S. commercial and military interests. On September 7, 1977, President Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaty, handing over control of the canal.

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1. On September 7, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed control over the Panama Canal to what country?
2. The United States began to negotiate for rights to build the Panama Canal with what country in 1903?
3. Who was president when ground was broken to build the canal?
4. The building of the canal precluded the necessity of travelling around what?
5. What country actually began to build the canal in the late 1800s?
6. The engineer John Stevens was hired to design the canal, but what was Dr. William Gorgas hired for?
7. What is the smallest sum of money ever paid to cross the canal?
8. Where did the U.S. originally want to build the canal?
9. Who was the first explorer to discover the Isthmus of Panama?
10. The Panama Canal officially opened on August 15, 1914, but what occurred on August 4, 1914?



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