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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. 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?

2. At the peak of U.S. work, on any given day, how many steam shovels were operating in the Cut?

3. "Adventure by Trigonometry" is the subtitle of Chapter 12, detailing how the U.S. moves from what to what?

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

5. When Josy Vincente Concha resigns in nervous exhaustion, he is replaced by career diplomat Tomas Herran, fluent in English and popular in Washington, and Herran proves to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Panama's social structure like?

3. What would be an accurate description of John Stevens, the second chief engineer in Panama?

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

5. What does George Washington Goethals do after the canal is completed?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The last chief engineer is George Washington Goethals. He is a model officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Does he operate under a military regime approach? Does he use the methods of either John Stevens or John Wallace? What are some of the techniques he utilized to achieve success with the project itself? What approaches did he take for success with those on his payroll?

Essay Topic 2

John Wallace is the first chief engineer for the American project at Panama. Why is he selected? What is his background? What pluses and what minus does he bring? What successes does he achieve, and what failures occur on his watch, this initial period? Why does he leave the job?

Essay Topic 3

Ferdinand de Lesseps begins publishing his "Bullet in du Canal Interocyanique" and George W. Goethals his "Canal Record. How are they alike? How do they differ? Are they merely propaganda organs, or is there some legitimacy to them? How effective is each?

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