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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what form did opium become widespread?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Laudanum.
(c) Cough syrup.
(d) Leaves for smoking.

2. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 40%.

3. How were on-the-job accidents dealt with in the late 1800s?
(a) Workers were treated on site.
(b) With a letter of apology.
(c) They were ignored.
(d) With pay compensation.

4. What did teaching methods of the late 19th century emphasize?
(a) Skill mastery.
(b) Recitation and obedience.
(c) Memorization of dull facts.
(d) How to learn a craft.

5. Which industry featured the most brutal conditions for time and wages in the late 1800s?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Steel.
(c) Auto.
(d) Textile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 19th century on the frontier, what was a child's formal education considered to be?

2. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?

3. What did Richard M. Hunt develop to help with overcrowding and the housing shortage?

4. In the late 1800s, how was milk treated when it had spoiled?

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

(see the answer key)

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