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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Travel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1860 and 1890, how much did the crime rate go up?
(a) 200%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 330%.
(d) 445%.

2. How did Stewart keep as many employees working at one time as possible?
(a) He hired men to stand over them.
(b) With inadequate bathroom facilities.
(c) He hired more than he needed.
(d) He kept his machines in great working order.

3. What was one problem with the police in the post Civil War era?
(a) They were too few in number.
(b) They routinely ignored calls for help.
(c) The were poorly trained.
(d) They had no uniforms.

4. Why did meat deteriorate so quickly in the late 1800s?
(a) It was left to hang outdoors.
(b) The cows were poorly fed.
(c) It was injected with hormones.
(d) It was injected with coloring dye.

5. What were three diseases that ravaged country populations in the post Civil War era?
(a) Smallpox, cholera, ague.
(b) Influenza, smallpox, lice.
(c) Yellow fever, cholera, influenza.
(d) Ague, influenza, cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the boilers a danger to the ferries according to Bettmann in "Travel"?

2. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?

3. Which industry featured the most brutal conditions for time and wages in the late 1800s?

4. Who managed the insane asylums of the late 1800s?

5. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?

(see the answer key)

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