The Spooner Act authorized buying a French syndicate to negotiate the construction of this structure.
The Spooner Act authorized buying a French syndicate to negotiate the construction of this structure. The construction of this structure was hampered by outbreaks of yellow fever, which were reduced by the work of Walter Reed. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty provided a strip of land twenty miles wide for this structure, whose construction was supervised by George Washington Goethals. After this structure was completed, ships no longer had to go through the Strait of Magellan or round Cape Horn, cutting thousands of miles of travel. For 10 points, name this structure that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and goes through a namesake isthmus in Central America.
The Spooner Act authorized buying a French syndicate to negotiate the construction of this structure.
Panama Canal