Panama Canal

Panama Canal

Multiple Select

In the year 1850, what options could you use to travel from New York to California? (Select all that are true)

• Spend 4 months and travel by wagon across the America

• Sail around Cape Horn, a 6 month journey

• Take the Railroad across America 7 day journey

• Take a boat to Panama, travel through the jungle, get on another boat, and sail to California, a 2 month journey

• Teleport, instant arrival, but incredibly painful

Multiple Choice

The Panama jungle track was incredible deadly, so a railroad was built. Who built the railroad?

• Slave laborers

• Irish and Chinese laborers

• Greek and Irish laborers

• Union workers from Canadian-Panama Company

Multiple Choice

In the first 10 years, how many people traveled the Panama Railway?

• More than a million

• 150,000-200,000

• Half a million

• 3 million or more

• No one counted, so who knows

Multiple Choice

That canal became of major importance to the US _____ _______.

• Postal Service

• Military

• Commerce

• Tourism

Open Ended

What were some of the hurdles builders would face in Panama when trying to build the canal?

Multiple Choice

What workers were brought in to chop down the jungle?

• Chinese and Indian Workers

• Caribbean and Columbian Workers

• Japanese and American Workers

• Caribbean and Indian Workers

Multiple Choice

How did the climate and annual rainfall affect the construction of the Canal?

• The rainfall made it easier to remove trees and rocks.

• The climate and rainfall did not affect the construction.

• The warm weather and rainfall provided fresh foods for the workers.

• The rain caused mudslides which slowed the construction.

Multiple Choice

Which diseases were the most common during construction?

• anemia and Lyme's Disease

• Orange Fever and Lupus

• Yellow Fever and Malaria

• Black Fever and Stomach Ulcers

Multiple Choice

In what year did the French Company go bankrupt?

• 1889

• 1888

• 1989

• 1900

Multiple Choice

How many people lost their lives during the French attempt to build the canal?

• 10,000

• 23 million

• 30 million

• 50 million

Multiple Choice

Why was Theodore Roosevelt so interested in building the canal?

• To increase US trade

• So Amazon could guarantee two day delivery

• Because he loved to travel, and wanted to take a cruise ship through the canal.

• Access for the US Navy

Multiple Choice

How did the United States gain control of the canal construction site?

• The United States started a war with Panama and took it by force.

• The United States supported Panama in a war for independence from Columbia and the canal was Panama's payment.

• Columbia sold the land to the United States.

• France gave the land to the United States through a treaty.

Multiple Choice

Which of these planning issues did the United States NOT face when planning the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Mountains would need to be cut through.

• The dam for Gatun Dam would have to be one of the largest in the world.

• The locks for the canal would have to be the largest in the world.

• Gatun Lake would need to be drained first.

Multiple Choice

What of these was NOT a problem for laborers while building the Panama Canal?

• Black workers were treated terribly and faced segregation.

• Families were forced to fend for themselves in the city and the jungle.

• Workers had to deal with a corrupt government and had to pay for their own food.

• Single men often lived in poor conditions and converted boxcars.

Multiple Choice

Which ship made the first crossing through the canal in 1914?

• No one wrote down the name

• Kris Kringle

• Cristobel

• Good Ship Lollipop

Open Ended

What major, world changing event, happened on the same day as the first ship crossing?

Multiple Choice

How much of all world trade passes through the canals?

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 50%

Multiple Choice

Why did tensions rise between the United States and Panama over the Panama Canal?

• Panama believed the Panama Canal should belong to them.

• The United States and Panama entered a war in Europe on opposing sides.

• Panamanian workers still hadn't received the money they were promised.

• Soldiers in Panama seized control of the Panama Canal using military force.

Multiple Choice

Which US President signed a treaty giving the canal back to Panama?

• John F Kennedy

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Regan

• Barak Obama

Multiple Choice

The treaty included a clause that Panama could limit use of the waterway access.

• True

• Fales

Open Ended

Why did Panama have to expand the canal?

Poll

Have you ever been through the panama canal?

• Yes

• No

• NO, but I hope to one day

Open Ended

Write about some of the purposes and benefits of the Panama canal. (3 sentence minimum)

Open Ended

In your opinion are the benefits of the canal worth the the high cost of human life that it took to build the canal? (3 sentence minimum)