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The French invested $287 million into the canal, and sold it to the US for how much? Group of answer choices $30 Million $35 Million $40 Million $45 Million

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$40 Million

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The French believed they could construct an inland waterway in Central America. The French invested $287 million spent on the Panama canal for construction. French decided to sell the project and stop constructing the Panama Canal because of the deaths of workers due to malaria and yellow fever. It is estimated that approx more than twenty thousand workers died in Panama. The United States got Panama for $40 million.  

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