Once workers began the "make the dirt fly" strategy, what slowed the project down?

The total soil excavated from the Panama Canal would build a pyramid 4,200 feet high.  The project consumed as much as twelve million pounds of dynamite per year.  At the hight of the project, 9,000 workers were busy excavating Culebra Cut.

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world’s two largest oceans and signaling America’s emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where, just a few years earlier, the French had failed disastrously. But the U.S. paid a price for victory.

The words “Make The Dirt Fly” were used by president Theodore Roosevelt to Chief Engineer, John Findley Wallace, who was designated by Teddy Roosevelt to build the Panama Canal after the French had failed.  Teddy was interested in getting the ditch built immediately.  He wanted dirt to fly in Panama and it did.

Rear Admiral Walker, President of the Panama Canal Commission, received a telegram to-day from John Findley Wallace of Chicago, General Manager of the Illinois Central Railroad, accepting the appointment of chief engineer in charge of the construction of the Panama Canal. Mr. Wallace would receive a salary of $25,000 a year.

the alfred thayer mahan award for literary achievement is awarded each year by the navy league of the united states. the award is named for an american naval historian and theorist, rear admiral alfred thayer mahan, united states navy who, through his writing, provided stimulus and guidance to those who share in the defense of the nation. presented since 1957, "this award for literary achievement is awarded to a u.s. navy officer, u.s. marine corps officer, enlisted service member, or civilian who has made a notable literary contribution that has advanced the knowledge of the importance of sea power in the united states."[1]

the map that was shown mostly had eastern asia highlighted. the answer would mostly likely be "the spread of communism into eastern asia set the stage for the korean war."

hopefully this .