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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. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?
(a) Landlords did not allow animals.
(b) There was too much housing to chose from.
(c) They had no laws to protect them.
(d) A lease was seldom renewed.

2. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?
(a) Selling door to door.
(b) No work was to be found.
(c) In the sweatshops.
(d) Servant help.

3. What major problem did window screening help with in the late 1800s?
(a) Drafts.
(b) Light control.
(c) Insects.
(d) Privacy.

4. Just like their male counterparts, frontier women after the Civil War endured:
(a) Lack of voting rights.
(b) Harsh weather.
(c) Small town life.
(d) Back-breaking labor.

5. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?
(a) It was way too slow.
(b) It was built on the busiest streets.
(c) Too many people wanted to ride.
(d) It was poorly scheduled.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?

2. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," why would many young girls leave the country for the promise of the city?

3. The air quality in homes was dangerous in the late 1800s because of:

4. On the frontier in the late 1800s, what was the homemade liquor called?

5. What work did an ancient stove require on the frontier?

(see the answer key)

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