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During the construction of the Panama Canal, the United States took over the project after which country abandoned its own attempt?
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France
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France began a Panama Canal construction effort in 1881. Disease, engineering problems, and financial troubles brought that attempt to an end. The United States took over in 1904 and opened the canal in 1914.
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