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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?
(a) Smoking tobacco.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Industrial vapors.

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

3. In the late 19th century, how did families deal with members who had mental illnesses?
(a) They had them sent away.
(b) They drugged them.
(c) They took them for treatment.
(d) They hid them.

4. 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 have large families.
(d) It caused people to live in groups.

5. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?
(a) Two percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Ten percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were medical advances defined during the Victorian period?

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

3. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?

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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