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Yellow Fever: 1793

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A quiz on Yellow Fever in Philadelphia

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1
Symptoms of Yellow Fever
Yellowing of skin and eyes
High fever
vomiting blood
bleeding from mouth, nose, eyes
2
What did people do to try to escape the fever?
Search for a cure
Board up their houses
Leave the city
Go back to Europe
3
Inhabitants live in or occupy a place
True
False
4
Which of the following was NOT thought to be a cause of Yellow Fever?
George Washington's presidency
Contaminated wells
People or goods arriving in the city by ship
Garbage rotting on city streets
5
All of the following were a responses to the Yellow Fever crisis EXCEPT
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was opened
A citywide water system was developed
The capital of USA was moved to Richmond, VA
The capital of Pennsylvania was moved to Harrisburg
6
In the 1790s, Philadelphia’s economy was based on its
Textile industry
Agricultural production
Port
Involvement in the slave trade
7
What writing techniques were used in our readings?
Anecdotes
Descriptive and Sensory Details
Quotes and Facts
All of the Above
8
Matching: Cargo
smuggling illegal goods into the United States
goods or merchandise carried in a ship, airplane, or vehicle
relieves the symptoms of a disease w/o curing it
Dad shorts
9
Why didn't the city notice the first deaths?
They happened outside the city
They happened in a problem area of town
They happened to only 1 family
They thought they were murdered
10
Unrelenting means to give up easily
False
True
11
Matching: Wharf
relieves the symptoms of a disease without curing it
a place or dock where ships can unload cargo
the withdrawal of small quantities of blood from a patient
a toilet located outside the house; outhouse for 💩💩💩💩💩
12
The most vulnerable were the working poor
True
False