2. Chapter 16 Section 3 The “Big Stick” and the Panama Canal

3. 1) President Roosevelt: “Speak __________ and carry a big ________.” He believed that the US should use threat of ____________ to carry out its foreign policy. 2) For hundreds of years, boats would go around ________________________ in order to go between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. SOFTLY STICK FORCE SOUTH AMERICA

4. THE TRIP AROUND SOUTH AMERICA

5. 3) Roosevelt wanted to build a __________ across Central America. Reason: To _____________ the trip between the oceans. In 1881, a French company failed to build one in ________________. ______________________ forced the project to end. CANAL SHORTEN PANAMA DISEASE AND LACK OF MONEY

6. 4) Panama was part of ________________. This country _________ Roosevelt the access to build a canal through Panama. In 1903, the people of Panama ________. Panama was able to get its ____________ and Panama then gave US the land it needed to create a canal. COLOMBIA REFUSED REBELLED INDEPENDENCE

7. A canal would be built across the _____________ of Panama. Panama would get _________________ and _____________ a year in rent. Before building started, the US had to get rid of the _________________ that carried __________________________________. ISTHMUS $10 MILLION $250,000 MOSQUITOES MALARIA AND YELLOW FEVER

9. 5) The US cleared the land and drained the ____________ where mosquitoes lived. 6) In order to build the canal, workers dug ______________ and cut through ______________. 7) They used the dirt and rocks to build a ________. It made a lake called “Lake Gatun”. SWAMPS DITCHES ROCKY HILLS DAM

10. 8) 1914 – the first ________ passed through the Panama Canal. 9) The US controlled the ___________ route between the oceans. This helped the US become one of the most ______________ nations on earth. SHIPS SHORTEST POWERFUL

12. 10) Many ___________ lived and worked in the Panama Canal Zone until 1979. 11) In 1979, __________ gained most of the control of the Canal Zone. In 1999, Panama gained complete control AMERICANS PANAMA

13. 12) In 1904, Roosevelt issued the _________________________________. This was added to the ________________ that stated the US would be able to control all the lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans The corollary, known as an “addition” stated the US could “______” (be involved) in countries in the Western Hemisphere. It also _____________ the US to interfere in the affairs of _________________________. ROOSEVELT COROLLARY MONROE DOCTRINE ACT ALLOWED LATIN AMERICA