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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before cars, what was the main source of transportation in the late 1800s?
(a) Walking.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Horses.
(d) Subways.

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

3. According to Bettmann, what kind of wage did Stewart award his workers?
(a) $3 a week.
(b) $3 a day.
(c) $3 an hour.
(d) $3 per month.

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

5. Who was A.T. Stewart?
(a) Sweatshop owner.
(b) Railroad tycoon.
(c) Newspaper mogel.
(d) Steel mill owner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The weather was often an obstacle for what mode of transportation in the large cities after the Civil War?

3. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?

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

5. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:

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