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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. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.

2. What makes it hard to retain workers for the railroad?

3. Why does Roosevelt suffer bouts of depression?

4. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.

5. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the injury that changes Washington Roebling's life and his work on the bridge?

2. How is Agassiz' American lecture tour described?

3. Why does Agassiz decide to make America his permanent home?

4. What is the human cost of building the Panama Railroad?

5. What are the unusual circumstances of Hattie's marriage?

6. What is Valentine's struggle with getting the bridge documents validated?

7. What are the major impediments to building the Panama Railroad?

8. Explain the role that the Wild West plays in Remington's work.

9. For what is the town of Medora most known today?

10. What is Agassiz' teaching style at Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In addition to Charles Lindbergh, name some of the aviators who pioneer the art of flight in the mid-1920s in America. Why did these men and women gravitate toward flying? What was the pleasure that outweighed the risk? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

David Plowden is fascinated by trains and takes his first picture of one when he is ten years old. How can you explain Plowden's fascination with trains? What do trains signify to people? What is the allure of the concept of leaving and the loneliness of the one left behind?

Essay Topic 3

"The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man" portrays Harry Monroe Caudill's crusade against the devastation of eastern Kentucky by strip mining. Why was Caudill driven to take on the cause of fighting for the people of Kentucky? Do you think Caudill was a success? Do you think Caudill was a reluctant hero? Explain.

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