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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) 40%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 20%.

2. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?
(a) Sleeping at railway stations.
(b) Homeless shelters.
(c) On the outskirts of the city.
(d) Boarding homes.

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

4. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?
(a) Fire.
(b) Lead poisoning.
(c) Unsafe water.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?
(a) Noxious air indoors.
(b) Animals indoors were commonplace.
(c) Cruel landlords.
(d) Shoddy construction practices.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Crime," who was treated the worst in the prison system?

2. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?

3. How long did a typical rural school year last in the late 19th century?

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

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

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