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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Travel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?
(a) They made good pets.
(b) They provided good food.
(c) They ate garbage.
(d) They were inexpensive to keep.

2. What did overpopulation in the big cities mean for the tenants in the late 1800s?
(a) A housing shortage.
(b) Families often had to split up.
(c) Only very small accomodations were available.
(d) A lack of food.

3. According to "Rural Life," where were children most likely to be on the prairie?
(a) At school.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) Physically working to help their parents.
(d) Playing games on the farm.

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

5. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," what frontier necessity was often a cesspool of contamination?
(a) Nearby streams.
(b) The local well.
(c) The barn.
(d) The outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the workers of labor strikes in the late 19th century perceived to be by the public?

2. What did Richard M. Hunt develop to help with overcrowding and the housing shortage?

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?

4. What was a chief concern with train travel in the late 1800s?

5. In the cities in the late 1800s, what did the public health officials do to help stop disease?

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