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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. How long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?

2. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

3. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?

4. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

5. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were there an amazing number of flies and other insects in August 1793?

2. Why did blacks stop worshiping at St. George Methodist Church?

3. What types of services did the Free African Society perform for the sick?

4. Why was the Free African Society founded?

5. Describe Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms.

6. What did doctors base their medical thinking upon in the 1700s?

7. What type of medical training did Dr. Benjamin Rush have?

8. Why was a constitutional crisis set in motion when Washington left Philadelphia?

9. Why did the members of the Pennsylvania legislature become fearful two days after they began meeting at the statehouse?

10. Why didn't anyone notice when eight people died in two houses during one week at the beginning of August?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mayor Clarkson called for the formation of a special committee to run Philadelphia. Discuss the special committee and why it was formed.

Essay Topic 2

Congress was not able to meet during the plague. Discuss why Washington was not able to call Congress into session outside of Philadelphia.

Essay Topic 3

As more and more people died from the fever, Philadelphia was a completely changed place from before the plague struck. Compare and contrast Philadelphia before and after the plague.

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