Describe canal and its importance to western hemisphere

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ONE: The Panama Canal was a herculean engineering achievement. Describe the Canal and its importance to the Western Hemisphere.

Why did the Western Hemisphere need the canal? You need to explain its commercial and military importance. Explain the history too and when people began thinking about building a canal in Panama. I talked about this extensively in class- think the Spanish in the 1500s...
what was a sort of template for the Panama Canal? Need to describe what it was, where it was, why it was important, and how it relates to the canal.
Who tried to build the canal first? Who was put in charge- and what happened?
Why did the United States care about building the canal? Think about the above bullet point...
Who owned Panama before the canal was built?
How did the United States intervene in local affairs in Panama (Columbia).
Who was the President who set the plan in motion for the Canal?
Describe the actual Canal. Why was it an engineering feat?
WHO built it? The workers...
Discuss the problems with the canal under American ownership.
How long did the United States operate the Canal?

TWO: The 1920's saw the fall of progressives and the rise of the conservatives. Also, the United States retreated from the world. Why did the United States practice isolationism in the 1920's?

This question asks you to think of reasons why the U.S. isolated itself in the 1920's. You will need to examine the horrors of the final few years of the 1910's. Keep in mind the rise of empires, land grabs, the First World War, and the Spanish Flu. Also, you need to examine the shift from progressive to conservative politics in the United States.
Discuss the complexities of international relations right before World War One. How were nations aligned? (think family connections). Talk about how empires grew at exponential rates and began to "bump" into one another. This was discussed in class in a video as well as in your book.
Discuss the horrors of the First World War. Technologies, tactics, deaths. Explain how this impacted the American psyche.
Discuss the Spanish Flu pandemic, how it started, spread, and how it impacted the world.
Discuss progressive doctrine (President Wilson's vision of the world).
Discuss the shift from progressive internationalism to conservative isolationism.

Three: Captains of industry or robber barons? The powerful executives of the Gilded Age were seen differently by different classes of people. What made Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller powerful men during the Gilded Age?

Discuss how cutthroat business was during the Gilded Age
Describe Andrew Carnegie and his business empire as well as philanthropic work.
How was his method of steel production revolutionary?
Describe John D. Rockefeller's business empire and philanthropic work.
How was his method of running oil refineries revolutionary?
How did each man treat their employees? Specifics?
So, what were they- robber barons or captains of industry. Defend your choice!

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