U.S. control over Panama Canal
GPTKB entity
Properties (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
geopolitical control
|
| gptkbp:administrativeDivision |
Panama Canal Zone
|
| gptkbp:awardedBy |
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
|
| gptkbp:benefits |
$1.5 billion in tolls
|
| gptkbp:built |
1904
1914 disease and engineering difficulties |
| gptkbp:canAllocate |
50 miles
300 feet completed in 2016 41 feet over 14,000 ships annually created in 1999 |
| gptkbp:controversy |
sovereignty issues
|
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
American_influence_in_Panama
|
| gptkbp:culturalHeritage |
between_U.S._and_Panama
|
| gptkbp:environmental_impact |
disruption of local ecosystems
reduced shipping costs |
| gptkbp:established |
1904
|
| gptkbp:finish |
1999
|
| gptkbp:firstFlight |
SS Ancon
|
| gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
isthmus of Panama
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
still a vital shipping route
symbol_of_American_engineering_prowess |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
early 20th century imperialism
|
| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
Panama_independence_from_Colombia
|
| gptkbp:historicalRecords |
U.S._expansionism.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
U.S. control over Panama Canal
|
| gptkbp:impact |
global shipping routes
|
| gptkbp:influence |
international trade dynamics
U.S.-Latin_America_relations |
| gptkbp:infrastructure |
in_Panama
|
| gptkbp:interests |
trade and military access
|
| gptkbp:is_involved_in |
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Panama |
| gptkbp:key_figure |
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:John_F._Stevens gptkb:George_Goethals |
| gptkbp:legacy |
ongoing U.S.-Panama relations
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Panama
|
| gptkbp:militaryRank |
strategic naval passage
until 1999 |
| gptkbp:purpose |
facilitate maritime trade
|
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Central_America
|
| gptkbp:revenue |
toll-based revenue system
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
gptkb:Panama_Canal_Treaty
|
| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
connects_Atlantic_and_Pacific_Oceans
|
| gptkbp:technology |
lock design and construction
|
| gptkbp:tourism |
Panama_Canal_tours
|
| gptkbp:training |
lock system
|
| gptkbp:transportation |
maritime shipping
|
| gptkbp:treaty |
signed_with_Panama
|