🇺🇸ap us history review

Panama Canal

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A major engineering project completed in 1914 that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, representing American economic and political expansion and control over strategic global infrastructure.

AP course connection

Topic 7.2: 7.2 Imperialism: Debates

Unit 7