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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who managed the insane asylums of the late 1800s?
(a) Prison guards.
(b) Certified professionals.
(c) The state.
(d) Religious institutions.

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

3. What phrase describes medical colleges of the late 19th century?
(a) Under-educated.
(b) Ivy-League schools.
(c) Under-staffed.
(d) Diploma-mills.

4. What was the name of the first vertical apartments?
(a) Lakeside Apartments.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Stuyvesant Apartments.
(d) Park Place.

5. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?
(a) Hunter's Point.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Lower East side.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?

2. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

3. How many labor laws were there during the 19th century?

4. According to the chapter "Work," why were children sought after as employees?

5. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?

(see the answer key)

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