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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. John Stevens feels the Panama Canal can be completed by January 1914, but doubts a sea- level version can be prior to what year?
2. A movement begins in Panama in July 1903, as 25-26 gather to talk revolution, including which leaders?
3. How many years does it take to build the locks?
4. The "Great Panic" in the Canal Zone results in what?
5. Manuel Amador looking to improve sanitation and end centuries of plague, invests what amount of U.S. $10 million payment into urgent public works projects?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Panama's social structure like?
2. What critical event can be associated with Theodore Roosevelt and the date of January 4, 1904?
3. What does George Washington Goethals do after the canal is completed?
4. What is historically significant for Panama about January 15, 1904?
5. What became of Phillippee Banau-Varilla?
6. George Washington Goethals did not have the easy way with people as his predecessor John Stevens did, so what steps did he take for effective leadership?
7. Why is the initial Chief Engineer, John F. Wallace, let go?
8. What is occurring during the initial stage of U.S. efforts in Panama that culminates in a 1905 event?
9. What is the social life like in Panama for canal workers during Goethals' time?
10. Which of the three presidents that the Panama Canal is built under is most crucial to it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Things are not going well and Phillippe Banau-Varilla offers a solution to get out that David McCullough refers to as "ingenious." It brings tolls in and, more importantly, affords Ferdinand de Lesseps a means of honorably extracting himself. Why does he not take it? What is wrong with the suggestion? Does de Lesseps not have the authority he reflects?
Essay Topic 2
Dr. William Crawford Gorgas is the U.S. Army's foremost expert on tropical diseases when he is assigned to Panama. Where does he receive his training and his experience? From whom does he gain cooperation at Panama, and from whom does he encounter opposition? What are his biggest medical battles? What sorts of problems and why? What successes does he achieve in Panama? How long is he assigned to Panama?
Essay Topic 3
When the seven-headed ICC is replaced with a three-member version, it is chaired by Theodore Perry Shonts. How effective is the ICC's new chairman? What actions does he take to ensure success? Does he abide by the rules? What successes does he achieve? What failures does he encounter?
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