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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?
(a) People displaced by their landlords.
(b) Runaways.
(c) African-Americans.
(d) Newly-arrived immigrants.

2. In what year was the El Train introduced?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1898.

3. The weather was often an obstacle for what mode of transportation in the large cities after the Civil War?
(a) City Buses.
(b) Rickshaws.
(c) Street cars.
(d) Taxis.

4. What percentage of farmers in the 1880s had to mortgage their land?
(a) 75%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 30%.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Air," what was a common misconception about air pollution?

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

4. What was a common difficulty for frontiersmen after the Civil War?

5. What problems did the railroads add to any town in the late 1800s?

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