West Indian Migration to Panama

What year did the final construction of the Panama Canal end?

• 1910

• 1914

• 1903

• 1916

Whilst working on the Panama Canal, Silver Men were...

• white workers.

• black workers.

• Panamanian workers.

• Spanish-speaking workers.

Which metropolitan countries were responsible for the construction attempts of the Panama Canal?

• France and America

• America and Britain

• America and Germany

• France and Germany

When was the control of the Panama Canal finally handed over to Panama?

• 1945

• 1965

• 1989

• 1999

Which two diseases hindered the initial construction of the canal?

• influenza and chicken pox

• chicken pox and yellow fever

• yellow fever and malaria

• influenza and malaria

From which of the following countries did Americans attempt to recruit white workers to Panama?

• England, Spain, Greece

• Spain, Greece, Italy

• England, Greece, Netherlands

• England Spain, Netherlands

John Stevens, the chief engineer on the canal preferred __________________________ workers.

• West Indian

• Chinese

• Indian

• Black-American

Two benefits that skilled workers on the canal were entitled to were:

• paid leave, payment in gold

• retirement plan, paid leave

• retirement plan, travelling expenses

• retirement plan, payment in gold

__________________________ was the engineer who started work on the canal during the late 1800s.

• Francois Le Clerc

• Jules Dupuit

• Victor Hugo

• Ferdinand de Lesseps

What year did the final construction of the Panama Canal begin?

• 1901

• 1904

• 1910

• 1920