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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George W. Goethals starts a weekly newspaper, the Canal Record, for what purpose?
(a) A valid newspaper designed to appeal to all employees, black and white.
(b) Use as a propaganda tool intended to keep laborers steadfast.
(c) Use as a sealant of buildings in preparation for fumigation.
(d) Give an accurate, up-to-date picture of the progress.

2. A Panamanian National Constitutional Convention is held on January 15, 1904, and a National Assembly elects whom as President?
(a) Carlos Constantino Arosemena.
(b) Jose Agustin Arango.
(c) Maurice Banau-Varilla.
(d) Manuel Amador.

3. "Adventure by Trigonometry" is the subtitle of Chapter 12, detailing how the U.S. moves from what to what?
(a) Talking with Panama, but covertly readying support for a revolution there.
(b) Talking with Colombia, but covertly readying support for Panamanian revolution.
(c) Talking with Nicaragua, but covertly readying support for Panamanian revolution.
(d) Talking with Panama, but covertly readying support for Colombian revolution.

4. John F. Wallace has a job offer he cannot say "no" to, but William H. Taft feels betrayed as he tailored the new ICC to his wishes, and confronts him to dress him down and demand a resignation where?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Panama City.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

5. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?
(a) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents are lethal to them.
(b) Direct sunlight and strong air currents are lethal to them, rain is not.
(c) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents have no effect on them.
(d) Direct sunlight and rain are lethal to them, strong air currents are not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Modest progress is made under Chief Engineer John Findley Wallace, but ends when a medley of tropical diseases results in a "Great Panic" and exodus of American engineers in what year?

2. Who lives to read about the opening of the Panama Canal in their quiet retirements?

3. How many times does Theodore Roosevelt return to Panama to see the canal?

4. For American tourists crowding trains, as impressive as they find the Gatun Dam, locks, and Culebra Cut, what gives them the greatest patriotic pride?

5. Who serves as quartermaster general during World War I, finishes his career on Wall Street, and is buried at West Point in 1928?

Short Essay Questions

1. What critical event can be associated with Theodore Roosevelt and the date of January 4, 1904?

2. What are some of the critical points of the Hay- Herran Treaty ratified by the Senate 73-5 on March 17, 1903?

3. What is it about May 4, 1904, that makes it a significant date in the history of the Canal Zone?

4. What is traffic like following opening of the canal?

5. Why is the initial Chief Engineer, John F. Wallace, let go?

6. What is the social life like in Panama for canal workers during Goethals' time?

7. What is occurring during the initial stage of U.S. efforts in Panama that culminates in a 1905 event?

8. What is historically significant for Panama about January 15, 1904?

9. Which of the three presidents that the Panama Canal is built under is most crucial to it?

10. How is it the U.S. must come to grips with Article 35 of the Bidack Treaty in regard to Panama?

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