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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," in what condition were the cows when they arrived at the slaughterhouse?
(a) Tainted with disease.
(b) Fattened up by feed.
(c) Starved and sickly.
(d) Fattened up by steroids.

2. On the frontier in the late 1800s, what was the homemade liquor called?
(a) Swill.
(b) Swine.
(c) Mulch.
(d) Mash.

3. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?
(a) Near the railway station.
(b) Downtown.
(c) Near the industrial neighborhood.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

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

5. According to the chapter "Work," why were children sought after as employees?
(a) They worked faster.
(b) They took up less space.
(c) They were more obedient and cheaper than adults.
(d) They ate less.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the biggest problem with the police in the post Civil War era?

3. Why were ferry accidents in the late 1800s common?

4. Just like their male counterparts, frontier women after the Civil War endured:

5. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?

(see the answer key)

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