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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. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?
(a) One cent.
(b) Ten cents.
(c) Twenty-five cents.
(d) Five cents.

2. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?
(a) It was poorly scheduled.
(b) It was way too slow.
(c) It was built on the busiest streets.
(d) Too many people wanted to ride.

3. In the time after the Civil War, humans generated an amazing amount of:
(a) Offspring.
(b) Trash.
(c) Ingenuity.
(d) Textiles.

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

5. Where were the first apartments constructed?
(a) New York City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade was window screening introduced?

2. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?

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

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

5. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:

(see the answer key)

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