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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. Transfer of the Canal Zone on May 4, 1904, is not ceremonial as Lieutenant Mark Brooke receives keys to the storehouses and hospital, signs a receipt, and the U.S. flag is raised where?

2. Panama Patchwork is a publication by James Stanley Gilbert containing what?

3. 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?

4. A movement begins in Panama in July 1903, as 25-26 gather to talk revolution, including which leaders?

5. When William Howard Taft succeeds Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, the canal project is how far completed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What became of Phillippee Banau-Varilla?

3. Where does David McCullough get his subtitle for Chapter 12?

4. What is Panama's social structure like?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What takes place in early 1907 that seals John Stevens' fate as chief engineer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

You have been invited to attend the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique in Paris for a week. Things get a little heated. But you are maintaining a personal log that includes where you go, what you do, activities at the conference, and so on. Make a paper consisting of five to six log entries.

Essay Topic 2

William Nelson Cromwell locates and talks John Stevens into replacing John Wallace. What type of training, schooling, and experience does Stevens have? What successes has he enjoyed? Who is supporting him? What sort of leadership does he exercise? What takes place when he moves the engineering office to Culebra? What successes does Stevens achieve? What failures does he endure? Why is Stevens replaced?

Essay Topic 3

No scandal in France surrounding the liquidation of Compagnie Universelle reportedly would have taken place except for Ydouard Drumont's publication of "La France Juive" in 1886. What is it about these articles that caused such a commotion? Are the allegations therein true? Why is there no previous complaint? Is there any connection between his writings and his imprisonment for libel?

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