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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 on-the-job accidents dealt with in the late 1800s?
(a) Workers were treated on site.
(b) They were ignored.
(c) With a letter of apology.
(d) With pay compensation.

2. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1870s.

3. 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 caused people to have large families.
(c) It led to depression.
(d) It caused people to live in groups.

4. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?
(a) Routes that were not expanded as the city expanded.
(b) Massive overcrowding.
(c) Lack of upkeep on the lines.
(d) Unsafe vehicles.

5. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?
(a) They went straight through the towns.
(b) They were placed a minimum of one mile from any residential area.
(c) They were run on the outskirts of town.
(d) They were usually run through the industrial areas.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," what frontier necessity was often a cesspool of contamination?

2. Why did meat deteriorate so quickly in the late 1800s?

3. What percentage of farmers in the 1880s had to mortgage their land?

4. In the late 1800s, why was street crime so rampant in the large cities at night?

5. According to Bettmann in "Health," medical colleges were designed primarily to do what?

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