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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?
(a) Industry.
(b) Wind currents.
(c) Health.
(d) Luck.

2. How did Stewart keep as many employees working at one time as possible?
(a) With inadequate bathroom facilities.
(b) He hired more than he needed.
(c) He hired men to stand over them.
(d) He kept his machines in great working order.

3. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Chicken care.
(d) Laundry.

4. According to "Rural Life," where were children most likely to be on the prairie?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) At school.
(c) Physically working to help their parents.
(d) Playing games on the farm.

5. 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) Reporting how glorious life in the late nineteenth century really was.
(c) Reporting how the nineteenth century immigrants flourished in the New World.
(d) Describing the westward movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the time after the Civil War, humans generated an amazing amount of:

2. Why did winter pose a health problem to those on the frontier according to Bettmann in "Rural Life"?

3. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?

4. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?

5. How were the workers of labor strikes in the late 19th century perceived to be by the public?

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