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What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

Retry Correct Incorrect Picking up where a previous French effort left off at the behest of then-President Theodore Roosevelt, the American Government undertook efforts to build the Panama Canal and establish a sea route that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to facilitate trade. According to The History Channel, construction of the canal went from 1904 to 1913, and the United States maintained exclusive oversight of the passage until control was transferred to Panama in 1999.

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What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

• Corinth Canal
• Panama Canal
• Erie Canal
• Suez Canal