The only metalloid located in the sixth period of the periodic table is Astatine. Others are located in previous periods.
Answer:
(4) The navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Explanation:
The Panama Canal was an artificial eighty-two (82) kilometers water-way that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean in Panama and it enhanced maritime trades.
The construction of the Panama Canal became more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War because the navy needed a faster way to move ships
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.