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Why did president Roosevelt want to build a canal in panama

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To be able to send cargo from the atlantic to the pacific by sea.
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President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long term United States goal. American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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