1. In what year did the Panama Canal opened? For how many years did the United States administered the Panama Canal? What U.S. president signed the Panama Treaty and Neutrality Treaty promising to give control of the canal to the Panamanians by the year 2000?
   
   
   
   
2. When did the United States hand over the Panama Canal to the Panamanians? Who were the presidents of Panama and the United States who signed the treaty that returned control of the Canal to Panama?
   
   
   
   
3. Why was there opposition in giving back the canal? What were those who opposed concerned about?
   
   
   
   
4. Which U.S. president instigated a treaty with Panama that gave the United States the right to build the Canal and create a 10-mile wide Canal Zone?
   
   
   
   
5. Which U.S. president had the vision for the need for a canal and the determination to get it built? This same president offered Panamanians an apology on behalf of the U.S. almost a century after. Why?
   
   
   
   
6. What problems is the canal facing presently and in the near future?
   
   
   

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