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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1868.

2. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Industrial vapors.
(c) Smoking tobacco.
(d) Cancer.

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

4. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?
(a) Their manure made an awful stench.
(b) They got in the way of street cleaners.
(c) They had way too much carbon monoxide emissions.
(d) The made noise pollution within city limits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problems did the railroads add to any town in the late 1800s?

2. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?

3. In New York after the Civil War, in what area was the greatest contrast between rich and poor seen?

4. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?

5. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?

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