Considered one of the wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business 100 years ago this Friday, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and providing a new route for international trade and military transport.
At the time it was built, the canal was an engineering marvel, relying on a series of locks that lift ships – and their thousands of pounds of cargo – above mountains.
But thousands of workers died during its construction, and its history has seen no shortage of controversy, including a contentious transference of authority from the US to Panama in the 1970s.
Work recently began on a substantial expansion effort that will allow the canal to accommodate modern cargo needs. hope that helped
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This Treaty defined the border with Spain and the US
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The Treaty was signed and defined the US territorial debates that were ongoing in between the countries. It is considered a diplomatic success for the US and garnered US citizens access to travel the Mississippi River freely and access trade routes from the port in New Orleans in Spanish control.
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In 1783, the Ottoman Empire was defeated by Catherine the Great. Crimea was traded to Russia by the Ottoman Empire as part of the Treaty provision. After two centuries of conflict, the Russian fleet had destroyed the Ottoman navy and the Russian army had inflicted heavy defeats on the Ottoman land forces.
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The Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
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During the Second World War, the United States government incarcerated more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans in America. This was done after Japan was on the enemy side of the war which led to the administration taking precautions from having any Japanese spy in America.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was a form of presidential apology that accepted and claim responsibility for the injustice and discriminatory act of keeping the Japanese- American people in 'captivity' within barbed wires, akin to the concentration camps during the German discrimination of the Jews. Congress passed the Act as a formal apology to the Japanese-American community and also provided $20,000 as compensation to each surviving victim of the incarceration.
