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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was A.T. Stewart?
(a) Sweatshop owner.
(b) Newspaper mogel.
(c) Railroad tycoon.
(d) Steel mill owner.

2. How long did a typical rural school year last in the late 19th century?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Only a few months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Twelve months.

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

4. In the cities in the late 1800s, what did the public health officials do to help stop disease?
(a) Quarantined carriers.
(b) Began to clean up public areas.
(c) Opened clinics.
(d) Sprayed disinfectant.

5. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?
(a) Railroad and steel.
(b) Steel and textile.
(c) Construction and steel.
(d) Textile and railroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was meat transported in the late 1800s?

2. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:

3. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?

4. When was opium introduced?

5. According to Bettmann in "Education," children from different villages in the same classroom invariably led to what?

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