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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 did Richard M. Hunt develop to help with overcrowding and the housing shortage?
(a) The vertical apartment building.
(b) Government sponsored housing.
(c) Homeless shelters.
(d) The suburbs.

2. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?
(a) They were placed a minimum of one mile from any residential area.
(b) They were usually run through the industrial areas.
(c) They were run on the outskirts of town.
(d) They went straight through the towns.

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

4. What was a popular type of big city housing during the late 1800s?
(a) The brownstone.
(b) Shanties.
(c) The suburbs.
(d) High-rise apartments.

5. On the frontier in the late 1800s, what was the homemade liquor called?
(a) Mulch.
(b) Swill.
(c) Mash.
(d) Swine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?

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

3. How did parents in the late 1800s react to teachers using necessary classroom discipline?

4. In 1890, what was the ratio of railroad workers to work-related deaths?

5. Where was the El Train introduced?

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