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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which industry featured the most brutal conditions for time and wages in the late 1800s?
(a) Steel.
(b) Textile.
(c) Auto.
(d) Railroad.

2. In New York after the Civil War, in what area was the greatest contrast between rich and poor seen?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Family size.
(c) Job security.
(d) Housing.

3. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1887.

4. In the late 19th century, at what age were most workers forced to stop working due to health problems?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Forty-five.

5. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?
(a) Servant help.
(b) Selling door to door.
(c) In the sweatshops.
(d) No work was to be found.

6. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?
(a) They provided good food.
(b) They made good pets.
(c) They ate garbage.
(d) They were inexpensive to keep.

7. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?
(a) Unsafe water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Lead poisoning.
(d) Earthquakes.

8. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?
(a) Boarding homes.
(b) Sleeping at railway stations.
(c) Homeless shelters.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

9. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:
(a) Reporting how glorious life in the late nineteenth century really was.
(b) Describing the westward movement.
(c) Demonstrating what life was really like for average people.
(d) Reporting how the nineteenth century immigrants flourished in the New World.

10. 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.

11. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?
(a) Their manure made an awful stench.
(b) The made noise pollution within city limits.
(c) They got in the way of street cleaners.
(d) They had way too much carbon monoxide emissions.

12. Before cars, what was the main source of transportation in the late 1800s?
(a) Subways.
(b) Horses.
(c) Walking.
(d) Bicycles.

13. What was the original purpose of the El Train?
(a) To show off new technology.
(b) To relieve massive overcrowding.
(c) To improve commute times.
(d) To replace the horse and cart.

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

15. According to the chapter "Work," why were children sought after as employees?
(a) They worked faster.
(b) They were more obedient and cheaper than adults.
(c) They took up less space.
(d) They ate less.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did most landlords treat their tenants in the late 1800s?

2. The air quality in homes was dangerous in the late 1800s because of:

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?

4. What did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?

5. How did the police handle strikes in the late 1800s?

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