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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 did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?
(a) Unsynchronized traffic lights.
(b) Prevalence of the horse and cart.
(c) Too many one-way streets.
(d) Unpaved roads.

2. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?
(a) They were placed a minimum of one mile from any residential area.
(b) They were usually run through the industrial areas.
(c) They were run on the outskirts of town.
(d) They went straight through the towns.

3. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?
(a) It was loud and poorly scheduled.
(b) It didn't accomodate enough people.
(c) It didn't go where riders needed it to go.
(d) It was unattractive.

4. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?
(a) Filth.
(b) Trash bins.
(c) Animals.
(d) People living on the streets.

5. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?
(a) Lower East side.
(b) New York City.
(c) Hunter's Point.
(d) Chelsea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wind as well as the heat of summer exacerbated what problem in the large cities after the Civil War?

3. Before cars, what was the main source of transportation in the late 1800s?

4. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?

5. In the time after the Civil War, air pollution was:

(see the answer key)

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