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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," in what condition were the cows when they arrived at the slaughterhouse?
(a) Fattened up by feed.
(b) Tainted with disease.
(c) Starved and sickly.
(d) Fattened up by steroids.

2. Who was A.T. Stewart?
(a) Railroad tycoon.
(b) Sweatshop owner.
(c) Newspaper mogel.
(d) Steel mill owner.

3. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?
(a) It was way too slow.
(b) It competed with the horse-drawn streetcars for space.
(c) It broke down often.
(d) It didn't hold enough people.

4. How big was New York City's Central Park in the late 1800s?
(a) Seventy-five acres.
(b) Twenty-six acres.
(c) Eighty-four acres.
(d) Ninety-two acres.

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?
(a) Shoddy construction practices.
(b) Cruel landlords.
(c) Animals indoors were commonplace.
(d) Noxious air indoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Crime," what higher-level organizations were just as corrupted as the police?

2. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?

3. Between 1860 and 1890, how much did the crime rate go up?

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

5. What was the primary cause of surgical deaths after the Civil War?

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