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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 10%.

2. In the late 1800s, how was milk treated when it had spoiled?
(a) It was thrown away.
(b) It was given to the homeless.
(c) It was colored with chalk or plaster of paris.
(d) It was used to make yogurt.

3. What did teaching methods of the late 19th century emphasize?
(a) Skill mastery.
(b) Memorization of dull facts.
(c) How to learn a craft.
(d) Recitation and obedience.

4. According to Bettmann in "Crime," who was treated the worst in the prison system?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Jews.
(c) Italians.
(d) Murderers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What hours did Steward demand his employees work?

2. How long did a typical rural school year last in the late 19th century?

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

4. Which industry featured the most brutal conditions for time and wages in the late 1800s?

5. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?

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