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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 many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?

2. How did Louis XVI die?

3. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?

4. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?

5. When was the Free African Society founded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did most doctors in Philadelphia believe caused the sickness?

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

4. What type of power did the mayor of Philadelphia have?

5. Why did Benjamin Rush ask the Free African society to help nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

6. Why was there a stench originating from Ball's Wharf?

7. Why did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth believe that Philadelphia would feel God's displeasure?

8. Why were the black nurses criticized?

9. What did the governor do about the plague?

10. Describe the sewer system in Philadelphia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy." Why? Discuss why the plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy."

Essay Topic 2

In 1793, President Washington was concerned about the French Revolution. Discuss the French Revolution and why it troubled Washington.

Essay Topic 3

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

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