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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?
(a) Near the industrial neighborhood.
(b) Near the railway station.
(c) Downtown.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

2. What was a major contributor to the contamination and disease in the wells in the late 19th century?
(a) Misunderstanding of germs.
(b) Drainage from the outhouse.
(c) Typhoid epidemic.
(d) Food left out.

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?
(a) Animals indoors were commonplace.
(b) Noxious air indoors.
(c) Shoddy construction practices.
(d) Cruel landlords.

4. According to the chapter "Work," why were children sought after as employees?
(a) They worked faster.
(b) They ate less.
(c) They were more obedient and cheaper than adults.
(d) They took up less space.

5. According to Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?

2. In the late 19th century on the frontier, what was a child's formal education considered to be?

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

4. What major problem did window screening help with in the late 1800s?

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

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