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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. What was "bogus butter"?
(a) Butter that was made from swill milk.
(b) Butter that the poor ate.
(c) Margarine.
(d) Butter that was made from mashed potatoes, bleach or hog fat.

2. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?
(a) Railroad and steel.
(b) Textile and railroad.
(c) Steel and textile.
(d) Construction and steel.

3. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1880s.

4. In the late 19th century on the frontier, what was a child's formal education considered to be?
(a) Not needed after the age of eight.
(b) Secondary to the needs of the family farm.
(c) Totally unnecessary.
(d) Of the highest priority.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the El Train introduced?

2. Who was A.T. Stewart?

3. In 1890, what was the ratio of railroad workers to work-related deaths?

4. Why did meat deteriorate so quickly in the late 1800s?

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

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