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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. 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?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1906.

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) Nicaragua.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Panama.

3. The great dam at Gatun, that is 15 times wider at the base than it is high, is how difficult to construct?
(a) Surprisingly easy.
(b) Unbelievably difficult.
(c) Moderately hard.
(d) Almost impossible.

4. What takes place subsequent to the arrival of Theodore Perry Shonts and John Stevens in Panama?
(a) Shonts becomes the easygoing, relaxed master of the isthmus..
(b) Shonts becomes the irritating, authoritative master of the isthmus.
(c) Stevens becomes the easygoing, relaxed master of the isthmus.
(d) Stevens becomes the irritating, authoritative master of the isthmus.

5. 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) San Francisco.
(b) Panama City.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Manuel Amador send a coded telegram to on October 28, 1903?

2. In a 1911 University of California Berkeley speech, former President Theodore Roosevelt gets laughs and applause when he maintains what?

3. No sitting President has left the country before, so what is the reaction when Theodore Roosevelt announces he will visit Panama?

4. Who outmaneuvers the Panamanians into giving the U.S. greater rights in the Canal Zone than it wants?

5. How fast before the canal becomes a smooth, quiet operation, free from the drama and hoopla characteristic of earlier years?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Panama's social structure like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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