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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other problems did city schools face in the post Civil War era?
(a) Poor lighting and poor air quality.
(b) Lack of decent materials.
(c) Student crime.
(d) Teacher turnover.

2. What kind of education did a teacher have to have in the late 1800s?
(a) A Master's degree.
(b) A Bachelor's degree.
(c) Not even a diploma.
(d) A Teaching certificate.

3. In "Housing," what did Bettmann cite as an additional cause of dangerous air quality in homes?
(a) Particles in the air from coal stoves.
(b) Industrial soot.
(c) Pesticides.
(d) Nearby railroads.

4. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?
(a) Landlords did not allow animals.
(b) A lease was seldom renewed.
(c) They had no laws to protect them.
(d) There was too much housing to chose from.

5. How were the prostitution laws enforced in New York City in the late 19th century?
(a) Only loosely.
(b) Regularly and vigorously.
(c) They were only enforced in certain areas of the city.
(d) They were ignored entirely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the first apartments constructed?

2. What did overpopulation in the big cities mean for the tenants in the late 1800s?

3. According to Bettmann in "Education," children from different villages in the same classroom invariably led to what?

4. How did the teachers in the late 1800s fight the lack of discipline with the students?

5. According to Bettmann in "Crime," what higher-level organizations were just as corrupted as the police?

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