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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before cars, what was the main source of transportation in the late 1800s?
(a) Subways.
(b) Horses.
(c) Walking.
(d) Bicycles.

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

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

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

5. According to Bettmann in "Air," one observer called the worst New York industrial area a:
(a) "Smog City."
(b) "Heart of the New Economy."
(c) "Nasal Disaster."
(d) "Industrial wasteland."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the El Train introduced?

2. In "Air," what was a common misconception about air pollution?

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

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

5. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?

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