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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 was the biggest problem with the police in the post Civil War era?
(a) Corruption.
(b) They had no weapons.
(c) The crime rate was too overwhelming.
(d) They did not protect the public.

2. According to Bettmann in "Education," children from different villages in the same classroom invariably led to what?
(a) Violence and fighting.
(b) Difficulty getting all the children attending at the same time.
(c) Tardiness.
(d) Communication problems.

3. What was a huge problem for city schools in the post Civil War era?
(a) Crime.
(b) Teacher turnover.
(c) Overpopulation.
(d) Lack of funding.

4. Education in the rural setting in the late 19th century was considered to be:
(a) Optional.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) A good way to keep children occupied.
(d) Important.

5. 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 teacher refused to teach such an unruly group of students.
(c) The students picketed their school and would not attend.
(d) The students stoned the teacher to death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of education did a teacher have to have in the late 1800s?

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?

4. In the late 1800s, why would a cop be encouraged to beat up a perpetrator?

5. How did the gun laws after the Civil War compound the problem?

(see the answer key)

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