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

2. What happened in a famous case in 1870 involving students and their teacher?
(a) The students set their school house on fire, injuring their teacher.
(b) The students stoned the teacher to death.
(c) The students picketed their school and would not attend.
(d) The teacher refused to teach such an unruly group of students.

3. What work did an ancient stove require on the frontier?
(a) Use of hard to find coals.
(b) Scrubbing the inside of the stove.
(c) Constant feeding of wood.
(d) Maintaining the stovepipe.

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

5. According to "Rural Life," where were children most likely to be on the prairie?
(a) At school.
(b) Playing games on the farm.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Physically working to help their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?

2. In 1890, how many prostitutes were estimated to be living in New York City?

3. In "Housing," what did Bettmann cite as an additional cause of dangerous air quality in homes?

4. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?

5. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:

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