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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. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?

2. When was someone hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?

3. By the time Dr. Rush contracted yellow fever, how many doctors had died?

4. When did the Black Plague strike in England?

5. What was the name of William Cobbett's paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did George Washington do on November 10?

2. Why were conditions so desperate at Bush Hill?

3. What was bloodletting?

4. What type of news did Philip Freneau print during the plague?

5. Where did water come from in 1793?

6. How did Dr. Jean Deveze treat fever patients?

7. What were sleeping accommodations like in Germantown?

8. When Jones and Allen took Carey to task for things he wrote in his book about blacks, what did Carey add to his book?

9. What signs were there that the fever seemed to be gaining in strength and deadliness in Chapter 8?

10. Why did Dr. Rush continue seeing patients when he had yellow fever himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the treatments that various doctors used during the plague.

Essay Topic 2

The black nurses who cared for the sick were accused of price gouging. Discuss price gouging and how Mayor Clarkson dealt with the matter.

Essay Topic 3

Neighboring states began to fear the plague spreading from Philadelphia to their areas. Discuss how various areas and citizens reacted to the plague and the citizens of Philadelphia.

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