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Water passages dates back to at least the 1500s.
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In 1842, Secretary of State Daniel Webster sent a letter to Hawaiian agents.
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Planned sea-level canal in 1880.
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Funding was pulled from the project in 1888.
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Americans under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in 1893.
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Americans under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in 1893.
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Dole sent a delegation to Washington in 1894 seeking annexation.
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The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain.
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America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific.
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United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley.
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The Spanish-American War.
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Hawaii was made a territory in 1900.
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U.S. purchased the French assets in the canal zone for $40 million in 1902.
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The new government in 1903 that gave them rights in perpetuity to the canal zone.
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United States commenced building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus in 1904.
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The project officially commenced with a dedication ceremony on May 4, 1904.
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A railroad specialist named John Stevens took over as chief engineer in July 1905.
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President Roosevelt visited the area in November 1906.
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Construction of the locks began with the pouring of concrete at Gatún in August 1909.
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The grand project began drawing to a close in 1913.
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Opened in 1914, oversight of the world-famous Panama Canal.
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The Panama Canal officially opened on August 15, 1914.
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Bolstered by the addition of Madden Dam in 1935.
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Hawaii and Alaska both became states in 1959.
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Transferred from the U.S. to Panama in 1999.