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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) An umbrella.
(b) Sufficient change.
(c) A drink.
(d) A weapon.

2. In the time after the Civil War, air pollution was:
(a) Not a problem.
(b) Only a problem in the South.
(c) Much less than it was before the Civil War.
(d) Not understood.

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

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

5. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?
(a) Luck.
(b) Wind currents.
(c) Health.
(d) Industry.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The weather was often an obstacle for what mode of transportation in the large cities after the Civil War?

4. According to Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?

5. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

(see the answer key)

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