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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?
(a) Textile and railroad.
(b) Construction and steel.
(c) Steel and textile.
(d) Railroad and steel.

3. How did most landlords treat their tenants in the late 1800s?
(a) With reasonable rents.
(b) With a hands-off policy.
(c) With unfair cruelty.
(d) Landlords kept their places nice for good tenants.

4. What did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?
(a) Too many one-way streets.
(b) Prevalence of the horse and cart.
(c) Unsynchronized traffic lights.
(d) Unpaved roads.

5. How did the police handle strikes in the late 1800s?
(a) They often sided with the workers.
(b) With violence.
(c) They would not respond to labor strikes.
(d) They often sided with the management.

6. What hours did Steward demand his employees work?
(a) 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

7. According to Bettmann in the chapter "Air," what did some people think air pollution was a good sign of?
(a) Wind currents.
(b) Health.
(c) Luck.
(d) Industry.

8. Women on the frontier in the late 1800s also endured the hard work of what daily chore?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Chicken care.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Cooking.

9. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?
(a) Hunter's Point.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Lower East side.

10. How were on-the-job accidents dealt with in the late 1800s?
(a) Workers were treated on site.
(b) With a letter of apology.
(c) They were ignored.
(d) With pay compensation.

11. How did parents react to child labor in the late 1800s?
(a) They sued the industries that practiced it.
(b) They encouraged it.
(c) They hid their children with distant relatives.
(d) They fought against it.

12. What did Richard M. Hunt develop to help with overcrowding and the housing shortage?
(a) The suburbs.
(b) Government sponsored housing.
(c) The vertical apartment building.
(d) Homeless shelters.

13. According to the chapter "Work," what was a typical work week in the late 1800s?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Four days on, four days off.
(c) Six days.
(d) Five days.

14. After the Civil War, how did the railroad monopoly hurt the rural farmers?
(a) The smoke from the smokestacks ruined the crops.
(b) It charged exorbitant prices to haul crops.
(c) There were not enough railways to reach most of the farmers.
(d) It refused to haul crops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?

2. What kind of work did the young rural girls often find in the cities in the late 1800s?

3. What work did an ancient stove require on the frontier?

4. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

5. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?

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