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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Traffic.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

4. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:
(a) Reporting how the nineteenth century immigrants flourished in the New World.
(b) Describing the westward movement.
(c) Reporting how glorious life in the late nineteenth century really was.
(d) Demonstrating what life was really like for average people.

5. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?
(a) It didn't hold enough people.
(b) It was way too slow.
(c) It competed with the horse-drawn streetcars for space.
(d) It broke down often.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?

2. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?

3. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?

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

5. According to Bettmann in "Air," many people were cramped together in windowless rooms in the tenements during the summer, causing:

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