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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?
(a) "The Good Old Days."
(b) "Post War Era."
(c) "The Wild West Era."
(d) "Hard luck times."

2. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?
(a) Luck.
(b) Industry.
(c) Wind currents.
(d) Health.

3. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Industrial vapors.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Smoking tobacco.

4. The weather was often an obstacle for what mode of transportation in the large cities after the Civil War?
(a) City Buses.
(b) Rickshaws.
(c) Street cars.
(d) Taxis.

5. Traffic in the large American cities in the late 1800s was:
(a) Horrendous.
(b) Easy.
(c) Light.
(d) Not too bad if you had a map.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?

2. According to Bettmann in "Air," one observer called the worst New York industrial area a:

3. In New York after the Civil War, in what area was the greatest contrast between rich and poor seen?

4. What did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?

5. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," what frontier necessity was often a cesspool of contamination?

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