The construction of the Panama canal has had a huge impact on the world ever since it was built. One impact that it has had on the world is that it gave people a faster way from getting from one side of the Americas to the other side of the Americas without having to go over North America or under South America. Due to the quicker route from one side of the world to the other side, trade by sea greatly improved beacuse both the east and the west were united. Therefore, travel by water had increased and so did the sizes of ships to carry large amounts of cargo as well as people. The Panama canal aslo positively impacted the United States. The Canal was a geopolitical strategy to make the United States the most powerful nation on earth by allowing them to control a great amount of the sea.
This video shows the ship's ride through the Panama canal and text is included in the video to describe information related to how the canal worked.