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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 problems did the railroads add to any town in the late 1800s?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Pollution and noise.
(c) Crime.
(d) Excitement.

2. On the frontier in the late 1800s, what was the homemade liquor called?
(a) Mash.
(b) Mulch.
(c) Swill.
(d) Swine.

3. According to Bettmann in "Leisure," why did most people fear the city parks?
(a) They were havens for criminals and vagrants.
(b) They had rats and disease from trash.
(c) They were known for violence.
(d) They were not lit at night.

4. How was meat transported in the late 1800s?
(a) Live, on rail.
(b) Packaged in refrigerated rail cars.
(c) Packaged and delivered by the meat-packers.
(d) In refrigerated trucks.

5. According to Bettmann, what was the homemade frontier liquor made from?
(a) Beets.
(b) Apples.
(c) Corn.
(d) Grapes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was "swill" milk?

3. When was opium introduced?

4. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?

5. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?

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