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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who heads the U.S. Army's medical service during World War I and dies in London in 1920?
2. Why is marriage encouraged in the Canal Zone?
3. When Phillippe Banau-Varilla resigns as Panamanian envoy, resumes publishing Le Matin, and asks the salary due him be reserved to build a monument to whom?
4. The Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty resembles Hay-Herran in wording, but expands the width of the Canal Zone to how many miles?
5. Transfer of the Canal Zone on May 4, 1904, is not ceremonial as Lieutenant Mark Brooke receives keys to the storehouses and hospital, signs a receipt, and the U.S. flag is raised where?
Short Essay Questions
1. Rather than shutting the project down, what are some of the thing implemented by the authoritative new chairman of the ICC, Theodore Perry Shonts?
2. What is the social life like in Panama for canal workers during Goethals' time?
3. Which of the three presidents that the Panama Canal is built under is most crucial to it?
4. How is it the U.S. must come to grips with Article 35 of the Bidack Treaty in regard to Panama?
5. What became of Phillippee Banau-Varilla?
6. What is historically significant for Panama about January 15, 1904?
7. What is it about May 4, 1904, that makes it a significant date in the history of the Canal Zone?
8. What are some of the critical points of the Hay- Herran Treaty ratified by the Senate 73-5 on March 17, 1903?
9. Why is the initial Chief Engineer, John F. Wallace, let go?
10. What does George Washington Goethals do after the canal is completed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The last chief engineer is George Washington Goethals. He is a model officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Does he operate under a military regime approach? Does he use the methods of either John Stevens or John Wallace? What are some of the techniques he utilized to achieve success with the project itself? What approaches did he take for success with those on his payroll?
Essay Topic 2
In 1884, at age 26, Phillippe Banau-Varilla is put in charge of operations at the Culebra and Pacific end of the Panama Canal. When the director general and his assistant resign, Banau-Varilla becomes acting head of the Panama project until 1886. Why do they place so young an individual in such important leadership positions? What education and experience does he have? How well is he able to perform? What happens when a permanent director general arrives? Where does Banau-Varilla go?
Essay Topic 3
What is social life like in the Canal Zone in the latter half of the construction period? Has the war on pestilence and disease been effective? What is offered to prompt individuals to come to Panama, or bring their families? What is the cost of living in Panama like? What social events are available to employees after work hours?
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