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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Housing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?
(a) The landlords.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The immigrants.
(d) The police.

2. Besides the lung irritation, vomiting, and sickness, what other ailment was common to those exposed to air pollution in the late 1800s?
(a) Depression.
(b) Migranes.
(c) Severe cough.
(d) Ulcers.

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?
(a) For privacy.
(b) The windows didn't open.
(c) To keep out the stench from the street.
(d) To protect themselves from intruders.

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

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

2. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?

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

4. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?

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