USPR Final Exam

15 chosen questions

QUOTE: 206) What did President Harry Truman say to Admiral Leahy regarding the post WW2 Panama situation?

“Why don’t we get out of Panama gracefully before we get kicked out?”

50) What did Irvin King of the New York tribune declare was the cheapest thing in Panama at the end of the 19th century?

Human life

174) What was another aspect of the protectorate status that Panama objected to during the 1903-1925 period?

Land takeovers

61) What were the two sides of the Colombian Civil War of 1899-1902?

Liberals and conservatives

42) What was the only dock to escape unharmed from the Prestan rebellion?

The PMSC

177) What compensation did Panama get for the expropriations of land outside the treaties?

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3) What was the thousand days war?

The Colombian Civil War

111) What is autonomy?

self-government

175) How many times the US expropriate land between 1908-1931?

19 times

40) What happened to the city of Colon on March 31st, 1885?

It got lit

54) How was the French Canal viewed by the US in light of the surplus of goods caused by their depression?

Apprehension

4) What day was Panama’s independence from Spain?

November 28, 1821

12) Why were there many foreigners going through Panama in 1849?

The California Gold Rush

64) Did any major battles take place in Panama during the Colombian civil war?

Yes 3 (in 1900, 1901, and 1902)

37) What did the US Secretary of StateThomas Bayard tell Becerra about the supply of US weapons for the Prestan rebellion?

Because Capitalism.