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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 19th century on the frontier, what was a child's formal education considered to be?
(a) Secondary to the needs of the family farm.
(b) Of the highest priority.
(c) Totally unnecessary.
(d) Not needed after the age of eight.

2. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?
(a) Newly-arrived immigrants.
(b) Runaways.
(c) People displaced by their landlords.
(d) African-Americans.

3. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?
(a) In the sweatshops.
(b) Selling door to door.
(c) Servant help.
(d) No work was to be found.

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

5. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1890s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a popular type of big city housing during the late 1800s?

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

3. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?

4. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?

5. In the late 1800s, who was it that posed a threat to those on the frontier and instilled a sense of fear?

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