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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Food and Drink.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Civil War, how did the isolation of the endless prairie affect many homesteaders?
(a) It led to depression.
(b) It led to several trips a year to the cities.
(c) It caused people to live in groups.
(d) It caused people to have large families.

2. Where was the El Train introduced?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Boston.

3. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," in what condition were the cows when they arrived at the slaughterhouse?
(a) Tainted with disease.
(b) Starved and sickly.
(c) Fattened up by steroids.
(d) Fattened up by feed.

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

5. What danger did many industrial laborers face in the latter part of the 19th century?
(a) Lack of medical benefits.
(b) Fire hazards.
(c) Unsafe working equipment.
(d) Toxic inhalants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?

2. How did most landlords treat their tenants in the late 1800s?

3. Who were the frontier drunkards in the late 19th century?

4. What prognosis did alcoholism usually carry in the late 19th century?

5. What major problem did window screening help with in the late 1800s?

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