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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did overpopulation in the big cities mean for the tenants in the late 1800s?
(a) A lack of food.
(b) Only very small accomodations were available.
(c) Families often had to split up.
(d) A housing shortage.

2. 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.

3. What percentage of farmers in the 1880s had to mortgage their land?
(a) 30%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 50%.

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

5. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," what percentage of people in prison were alcoholics?
(a) 30%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the El Train introduced?

2. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," the frontier diet was dominated by what single food?

3. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?

4. In the late 1800s, what was a popular rite of passage for children?

5. According to Bettmann in "Education," what was the pitiful education for blacks due to?

(see the answer key)

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