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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were three diseases that ravaged country populations in the post Civil War era?
(a) Yellow fever, cholera, influenza.
(b) Ague, influenza, cancer.
(c) Influenza, smallpox, lice.
(d) Smallpox, cholera, ague.

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

3. What was a chief concern with train travel in the late 1800s?
(a) Lost luggage.
(b) Overcrowding.
(c) Being on schedule.
(d) Personal safety.

4. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A drink.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) Sufficient change.

5. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?
(a) Hunter's Point.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Lower East side.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann, what kind of wage did Stewart award his workers?

2. What hours did Steward demand his employees work?

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

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

5. Wind as well as the heat of summer exacerbated what problem in the large cities after the Civil War?

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