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   ocr: The United States gained the right to build the Panama Canal by negotiating vith the bankrupt Spanish company that tried to build the canal in the 1880s. engineering a Panamanian revolt against Colombia and helping Panama become independent. sending in troops to capture Pancho Villa, vho killed nearly three dozen Americans.