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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 people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?
(a) The merchants.
(b) The landlords.
(c) The police.
(d) The immigrants.

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

3. Why did farmers in the 1880s have to mortgage their land?
(a) Debt.
(b) Pestilence.
(c) Drought.
(d) No crops.

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

5. 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) Nearby railroads.
(c) Industrial soot.
(d) Pesticides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?

2. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?

3. What was the original purpose of the El Train?

4. According to Bettmann, what kind of wage did Stewart award his workers?

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

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