Question

Which of the following best explains the reasons for building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama? Question 1 options: to help make Panama rich by uniting the eastern part with the western part of the country to shorten sailing time between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans to help extend French colonial power in the Americas to make Panama independent of its former ruler, Colombia
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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

It was originally intended to shorten the sailing time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Were it not there, a ship would have to travel to the lowest tip of South America and back up again. It would extend any trip by not a trivial amount of time.

Answer 2

Answer:

to shorten sailing time between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans

Explanation:

The statement that best explains the reasons for building the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Panama was to shorten sailing time between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.