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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. How many labor laws were there during the 19th century?
(a) A few.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Zero.

2. What was "swill" milk?
(a) Milk from cows that were fed waste.
(b) Milk that was used for medicinal purposes.
(c) Milk that had gone bad.
(d) Milk from goats.

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

4. In "Housing," what did Bettmann cite as an additional cause of dangerous air quality in homes?
(a) Particles in the air from coal stoves.
(b) Industrial soot.
(c) Pesticides.
(d) Nearby railroads.

5. After the Civil War, how did the railroad monopoly hurt the rural farmers?
(a) It charged exorbitant prices to haul crops.
(b) The smoke from the smokestacks ruined the crops.
(c) There were not enough railways to reach most of the farmers.
(d) It refused to haul crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "bogus butter"?

2. What was blamed for the cholera epidemic in 1832?

3. Why were foods manipulated with foreign ingredients in the late 19th century?

4. In the late 1800s, who especially suffered from such a monotonous diet?

5. The diet of the average American in the late 19th century was:

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