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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Health.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the prostitution laws enforced in New York City in the late 19th century?
(a) They were ignored entirely.
(b) Regularly and vigorously.
(c) They were only enforced in certain areas of the city.
(d) Only loosely.

2. After the Civil War, how did the isolation of the endless prairie affect many homesteaders?
(a) It led to several trips a year to the cities.
(b) It led to depression.
(c) It caused people to live in groups.
(d) It caused people to have large families.

3. According to Bettmann in "Health," how was insanity regarded?
(a) As a humorous condition.
(b) As a condition that could not be cured.
(c) As demon possession.
(d) As a social imposition.

4. After the Civil War, how did the railroad monopoly hurt the rural farmers?
(a) The smoke from the smokestacks ruined the crops.
(b) There were not enough railways to reach most of the farmers.
(c) It refused to haul crops.
(d) It charged exorbitant prices to haul crops.

5. In the time after the Civil War, air pollution was:
(a) Only a problem in the South.
(b) Much less than it was before the Civil War.
(c) Not understood.
(d) Not a problem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was opium introduced?

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

4. What danger did many industrial laborers face in the latter part of the 19th century?

5. The "protection" and "non-harassment" fees of the police in the late 19th century were a precursor to what later crime force?

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