Name ______________________ Date ___________ Period __________
Fever 1793 Webquest
Directions:
 Open up an internet browser. Type in the following web address or
click on the link:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=238092.
 Read through the various articles on the ‘Live Binder.’
 Use the categories listed below to help answer the questions by filling
in the blanks.
Historical Fiction:
1.
What is historical fiction? (What is historical fiction? top tab)
Historical fiction ________________ a story ____________________.
2. What three elements do authors of historical fiction have to
research carefully to make the book authentic? (What is historical
fiction? What is historical fiction? tabs)
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One element that authors have to research to make the book
authentic is the
____________________.
A second element is ___________________.
______________________also needs to be organized carefully
since historical fiction can represent real historical events as well as
fictional events.
Philadelphia:
Read the entire article carefully since it contains important information.
While you are reading, look for the answers to the questions below. A
REWORDIFIED article is in the DRIVE folder labeled (003 William Penn
article- REWORDIFIED).
3. What religion was Penn hoping to promote when he founded
Philadelphia? (Philadelphia/The City of Brotherly Love tabs; paragraph 3)
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Penn was hoping to promote the ___________________ religion.
3b. How does this shape the city? How did it make the city better or
change it? (Philadelphia/The City of Brotherly Love tab)
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William Penn did not like the crowded conditions in London. He
wanted to design a city with wider _______________ family
________________, and five main _______________.
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He placed the city at the coming together of the ______________
and ______________________ Rivers because he wanted to use
the rivers as water outlets in and out of Philadelphia.
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The Quakers had very high ________________. It was illegal to do
many things such as telling lies and playing cards and dice.
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However, the code didn’t extend to ________________. The early
days of Philadelphia were not entirely free of human bondage.
4. What was opened in 1799 in the hopes of preventing yellow fever
from returning to Philadelphia? (Philadelphia/picture after the plague
tab)
The ____________________________________ was opened in 1799.
Passenger vessels were screened there to help to prevent epidemics.
5/6. What did Jean Pierre Blanchard attempt on January 9, 1793?
(Philadelphia/The balloon tab; paragraph one and paragraph fourteen)
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On January 9, 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard attempted the first
________________________________________ in the United
States. Blanchard was a very well known French aeronaut at this
time.
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George Washington wished Blanchard a bon voyage, and handed
him a _____________________________.
7. What role did Stephen Girard play in the yellow fever epidemic?
(Philadelphia/Stephen Girard and Different Theories tabs; paragraph under
the Stephen Girard photo)
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Stephen Girard, with the help of Peter Helm, created a temporary
asylum, or hospital, at ______________________ which was a
mansion that was taken over at the outer edge of the city.
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He also made __________________, one of the Santo Domingan
refugees, the primary ______________.
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Dr. Deveze kept his patients ___________, comfortable, and
believed in using the ______________ treatment. His methods were
generally more effective.
7b. Who was Dr. Rush? (Philadelphia/Stephen Girard and Different
Theories tab; paragraph under Dr. Benjamin Rush picture)
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Dr. Benjamin Rush was the city’s most prominent
______________. He was also a signer of the
____________________________.
7c. What did people believe caused the fever? (Philadelphia/Stephen
Girard and Different Theories tab: First paragraph under Battle of the
Doctors: Causes and Remedies)
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One theory was that the fever was caused by _________________
coming from blocked sewers or rotten cargo on the waterfront.
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Another theory was that the fever was caused by _______________
to the city that came from the Caribbean.
8. Read the entire article carefully since it contains important information.
While you are reading, look for the answers to the questions below. A
REWORDIFIED article is in the DRIVE folder labeled (004 Yellow Fever
Attacks Philadelphia- REWORDIFIED).
What causes the large infestation of mosquitoes in 1793?
(Philadelphia: Eyewitness During the Plague: See REWORDIFIED article)
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Philadelphia was America’s largest city. The summer of that year
was unusually _____________ and _____________.
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The water levels were ____________ and provided a breeding
ground for ________________.
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_______________ escaping political turmoil in the
________________ Islands came as refugees by the thousands. The
Caribbean refugees brought ________________________ with
them.
9. What is the name of the burial ground for the yellow fever victims?
(Yellow Fever/Burial Ground)
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The burial ground of the yellow fever victims is called
_______________________.