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

2. In "Air," what was a common misconception about air pollution?
(a) That it helped horticulture.
(b) That it cured ailments.
(c) That it attracted business.
(d) That it created envy in nations overseas.

3. What was a common difficulty for frontiersmen after the Civil War?
(a) Financial hardship.
(b) The threat of Indians.
(c) Animals kept dying.
(d) The ground often did not yield a crop.

4. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?
(a) "The Wild West Era."
(b) "Hard luck times."
(c) "Post War Era."
(d) "The Good Old Days."

5. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Chicken care.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the lung irritation, vomiting, and sickness, what other ailment was common to those exposed to air pollution in the late 1800s?

2. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

3. What was the name of the first vertical apartments?

4. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?

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

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