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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. Theodore Roosevelt's ship arrives in Panama a day early, so as not to ruin John Steven's schedule, the Presidential party agrees to stay on board overnight, but in the morning the welcoming party finds what?
(a) Roosevelt's ship gone from port.
(b) Rosevelt in the jungle on a hunting expedition.
(c) Roosevelt ashore exploring the waterfront.
(d) Roosevelt having breakfast at a hotel.

2. In a special message to Congress on January 4, 1904, Theodore Roosevelt claims what nation violates a U.S. mandate to build the canal, the "great design" of the 1846 treaty to secure its construction?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Colombia.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Panama.

3. What does Theodore Roosevelt stress in his autobiography as to his action in Panama?.
(a) It was not impulsive, the situation called for quick action.
(b) He had to take quick action, or none at all.
(c) Admits in hindsight it was impulsive.
(d) Maintains it was not impulsive.

4. A worker dies of bubonic plague on July 3, 1905, and William Crawford Gorgas immediately orders a campaign to eradicate what?
(a) Stray dogs and cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) All rodents.

5. At the peak of U.S. work, on any given day, how many steam shovels were operating in the Cut?
(a) 50-60.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 80-90.
(d) 15-25.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Pacific fleet pass through the Panama Canal relative to Theodore Roosevelt's death, and does he view it?

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

3. For an overall view of the Gatun dam site, Theodore Roosevelt races up the hillside and takes a look, and then the most famous moment of his trip takes place when Roosevelt does what?

4. George W. Goethals starts a weekly newspaper, the Canal Record, for what purpose?

5. The Canal Record, reliable in most respects, includes nothing about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rather than shutting the project down, what are some of the thing implemented by the authoritative new chairman of the ICC, Theodore Perry Shonts?

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

3. On what issue in the Canal Zone does Theodore Roosevelt place his utmost priority?

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

5. Why is Colonel William Crawford Gorgas sent to Panama?

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

7. What is Panama's social structure like?

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

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

10. What is the focus of attention from 1907-1913?

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