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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Traffic in the large American cities in the late 1800s was:
(a) Light.
(b) Horrendous.
(c) Easy.
(d) Not too bad if you had a map.

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

3. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?
(a) "Post War Era."
(b) "Hard luck times."
(c) "The Wild West Era."
(d) "The Good Old Days."

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

5. 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) Heat stroke and dehydration.
(c) Landlords to lower rents.
(d) Many people to flee the cities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?

3. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?

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

5. In what year was the El Train introduced?

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