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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Air," many people were cramped together in windowless rooms in the tenements during the summer, causing:
(a) An increase in determination to succeed in the working class.
(b) Many people to flee the cities.
(c) Landlords to lower rents.
(d) Heat stroke and dehydration.

2. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:
(a) The large amounts of progress our civilization has made.
(b) How the days from the Civil War to WWI were key to the development of our nation.
(c) Why we should long for those simpler days.
(d) How the Civil War improved our economy.

3. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?
(a) One cent.
(b) Twenty-five cents.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Ten cents.

4. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?
(a) Routes that were not expanded as the city expanded.
(b) Unsafe vehicles.
(c) Massive overcrowding.
(d) Lack of upkeep on the lines.

5. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?
(a) Five percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Two percent.
(d) Twenty percent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the time after the Civil War, humans generated an amazing amount of:

3. Traffic in the large American cities in the late 1800s was:

4. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?

5. In large cities in the late 1800s, what animals created massive amounts of pollution problems?

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