What were the economic motivations for the u. s. to complete the panama canal?

 Before the Panama Canal was built all shipping (military, trade, passenger, etc) had to travel all the way around South America to reach the either the east or west coast. The Panama Canal cut the trip down by thousands of miles. During the time period the U.S. navy was becoming a major world force and the president at the time (Theodore Roosevelt) was determined to created a canal that would massively increase the efficiency of the navy.

It was to have a quicker passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic and vice versa

South carolina was so angry about the election of lincoln that they seceded from the union on december 20, 1860. they attacked fort sumter later, on april 12, 1861.

Idon’t understand a word going on right now lol