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President Theodore Roosevelt's words resonate as a call to action: "By far the most important action I took in foreign affairs during the time I was President was related to the Panama Canal." ...

President Theodore Roosevelt provided strategic military ... of the young republic—the territory that would become the Panama Canal Zone. Read More: Donald Trump Still Wants to Take Control ...

The construction of the Panama Canal began in 1904 under President Theodore Roosevelt. The waterway was built to provide a speedy way to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.