[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #5176, aired 2007-02-26 [PAR] Feb 26, 2007 ... Between 1853 & 1856, commissioners purchased the NYC site for what ... The 
1902 Spooner Act authorized the purchase of this strategic zone... [DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] The Colombian congress unanimously rejected the Hay-Herrn Treaty in August 
1903. ... Immediately Washington purchased the assets of the New Panama 
Canal ... For nearly forty years, the Panama Canal Zone operated under various 
acts of ... maintained bases in the Canal Zone to protect the important strategic 
site. [DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal - The treaties, The transfer, Early history, Rethinking ... [PAR] ... Congress in 1902 passed the Spooner Act, which authorized the United States 
to purchase the ... Colombia, convulsed by four years of civil war, could do little to 
stop the act of ... In February 1904, Congress created the Panama Canal Zone. ... 
As ten percent of the world's ships are unable to pass through the strategic... [DOC] [TLE] Acquiring Panama 1901-1904 - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] May 7, 2011 ... ... on 28 June 1902, authorized Map of the Panama Canal Zone purchase of the 
... The Spooner Act, provided for the construction of the Panama canal, or if this ... 
1902 Concha practically informed Secretary Hay that Colombia refused ... The 
United States purchased from Panama a 10-mile zone across the... [DOC] [TLE] Spooner Act | United States [1902] | Britannica.com [PAR] He was author of the Spooner Act (1902), which authorized Pres. Theodore 
Roosevelt to purchase rights to build the Panama Canal. At the 1904 Republican
... [DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal Zone: Constitutional Domain of the United ... - JStor [PAR] United States and the Republic of Colombia, the sovereign of ... tion of the Canal 
Zone and building the Panama Canal. ... 1902, that had authorized negotiation of 
a treaty for canal ... the Spooner Act of 1902 and in the 1903 Treaty, ... ble in 
importance to the Louisiana Purchase. .... cilities of this historic and strategic rail 
line. [DOC] [TLE] The Canal Zone: Panama and the United States - Heritage Foundation [PAR] Aug 16, 1977 ... 1977 THE CANAL ZONE PANAMA AND THE US 1 SUMMARY OF ... three years 
later The river canal through The Spooner Act of 1902 authorized the United ... 
Colombia led to the Hay-Herran Treaty of 1903 cession of 100 years, .... if the 
Panama Canal were kompare 1803 Louisiana Purchase 15.0 Million... [DOC] [TLE] jeopardy/1762_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub [PAR] THAT'S GONNA COST YOU | The 1902 Spooner Act authorized the purchase of 
this strategic zone from Colombia | the Panama Canal. right: Marc. Wrong:. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Panama Canal - Wikipedia [PAR] The purchase of the French-held land for $40 million was authorized by the June 
28, 1902 Spooner Act. Since Panama was then part of Colombia, Roosevelt... [DOC] [TLE] In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the Panama ... - Photos [PAR] Oct 22, 2006 ... The Spooner Act was approved in June 1902 by the Congress of ... The law 
authorized President Theodore ... A few days after Panama's independence from 
Colombia, the ... established the borders of the Canal Zone (five miles in both 
directions) ... Roosevelt was convinced of the strategic importance of. [DOC] [TLE] What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal ... [PAR] tween Colombia and the French-owned Panama Canal Company. In fact, it ... 
The Canal Zone deliberately avoided employing Panamanian labor. The U.S. ... 
1902 congressional committee authorized the purchase of the New Company's 
as- ..... this provision of the Panama Canal Act violated the Hay-Pauncefote 
Treaty. [DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal - US Army Center Of Military History [PAR] that national strategy dictated the need for a canal. ... Isthmus of Panama, which 
was then a province of Colombia. .... 1902 and subsequent earthquake and 
volcanic activity in Nica- ragua all but ... Spooner Act, which authorized work on a 
canal across Panama. ... and Panama City, which were

Question: The 1902 Spooner Act authorized the purchase of this strategic zone from Colombia
Answer: the Panama Canal