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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) Runaways.
(b) African-Americans.
(c) People displaced by their landlords.
(d) Newly-arrived immigrants.

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

3. According to Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

4. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?
(a) Luck.
(b) Health.
(c) Wind currents.
(d) Industry.

5. According to Bettmann, what percentage of New Yorkers lived in the slums between 1868 and 1875?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Twenty-five percent.
(c) Ten Percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did most landlords treat their tenants in the late 1800s?

3. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?

4. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?

5. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?

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