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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Crime," how did juvenile delinquency affect the large cities?
(a) With lack of school attendance.
(b) With organized youth gangs.
(c) With rampant kidnappings.
(d) With large scale gambling.

2. How did prostitution rings prosper in New York in the late 1800s?
(a) Under "police protection."
(b) They had legitimate businesses as "fronts."
(c) They were entirely underground.
(d) They were largely ignored.

3. The air quality in homes was dangerous in the late 1800s because of:
(a) The smog would get trapped inside.
(b) Sewer gas from primitive drainage systems.
(c) High temperatures from the heat outside.
(d) Animals that were kept indoors.

4. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?
(a) For privacy.
(b) To keep out the stench from the street.
(c) The windows didn't open.
(d) To protect themselves from intruders.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened in a famous case in 1870 involving students and their teacher?

3. Education in the rural setting in the late 19th century was considered to be:

4. What did overpopulation in the big cities mean for the tenants in the late 1800s?

5. Where were the first apartments constructed?

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