Yes, the death toll drew a negative point of view among the Americans due to the fact that people died during its construction.
It was the construction of the most significant artifical canal that led to the US becoming a world power.
The citizens of the US would have been angry that lives were lost in its construction, but they would have been happy that the lives lost was small compared to the many other people that could have died.
However, the French people would be sad at the attempt that they took towards the canal and the fact that they started and were unable to finish the project.
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