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Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal
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Author Janet B Pascal
Binding Paperback
Series What WasÂ…?
Language English
Book Type Nonfiction
Grade Content 5
Guided Reading Level S
Accelerated Reading Level 5.9
Subject Social Studies
Standard SS5H1c. Explain how America's role expanded due to the actions of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Spanish-American War, and the Panama Canal.
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