Dec 7, 2023 · McKinley recognized the strategic importance of a canal through Central America for American trade and military interests. His administration initiated negotiations and surveys to determine the most feasible route for the canal, eventually leading to the decision to construct it in Panama rather than Nicaragua.

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in …

Jan 23, 2025 · William McKinley hasn’t had a starring role on the American political stage like this in 124 years. ... The Panama Canal, truly an outgrowth of McKinley’s initiatives, is a different and more ...

[Part 1]: Sequences of stills, mostly maps, showing the need for a shorter way from ocean to ocean; views of the early attempts by Ferdinand de Lesseps; USS Oregon which had to sail around South America from the Pacific to fight in the Spanish-American War; scenes of President William McKinley and TR in 1901; brief shot of TR, Lyman J. Gage ...

Immediately thereafter President William McKinley was authorized by Congress to send a commission to Panama and Nicaragua to examine those two routes and to receive offers from the different companies as to the amounts the different projects could be purchased for.

Compilation film revealing the story of the Panama Canal construction, which TR considered one of his most valuable contributions to foreign affairs. Most prominent views are of the need for building the canal, the early attempts, the actual construction, and finally the canal in operation.

Dec 15, 2020 · Assassination of President William McKinley 1901: On September 14th,1901, President William McKinley is assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States. The United States poses the idea of building a canal through Central America to Great Britain.

President William McKinley appointed a commission that recommended Nicaragua in 1901. After McKinley’s assassination, President Theodore Roosevelt reinstated the commission to push the Panamanian route, pending negotiations with Colombia over the price of the old French equipment and route.

At the request of Congress in 1899, President William McKinley appointed a commission of military officers, government officials, and engineers to determine the cost and most practical route of constructing a canal under U.S. control and ownership.

President William McKinley appointed the Nicaragua Canal Commission (first Walker Commission), under Rear Adm. John G. Walker, July 29, 1897, which surveyed the route of the canal, December 1897-February 1899, and submitted its report in March 1899.