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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the population got to enjoy the luxuries of ocean liners in the late 19th century?
(a) Politicians.
(b) The rich.
(c) Foreign dignitaries.
(d) Immigrants.

2. What happened in a famous case in 1870 involving students and their teacher?
(a) The students stoned the teacher to death.
(b) The teacher refused to teach such an unruly group of students.
(c) The students picketed their school and would not attend.
(d) The students set their school house on fire, injuring their teacher.

3. How could travel in the Victorian period be defined?
(a) Slow.
(b) Quick and easy.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Exciting.

4. What characterized American eating habits in the post Civil War era?
(a) Eating primarily fast food.
(b) People only ate what they could grow.
(c) Eating only the most healthful foods.
(d) Gorging and speed.

5. In the late 1800s, who especially suffered from such a monotonous diet?
(a) Working men.
(b) Children.
(c) Pregnant women.
(d) Women.

6. What was a huge problem for city schools in the post Civil War era?
(a) Crime.
(b) Teacher turnover.
(c) Lack of funding.
(d) Overpopulation.

7. What was Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall?
(a) Two famous New York cops.
(b) A country-western song.
(c) An infamous night club known for illegal trafficking.
(d) A corrupt political crime ring.

8. What was one problem with the police in the post Civil War era?
(a) They had no uniforms.
(b) They routinely ignored calls for help.
(c) They were too few in number.
(d) The were poorly trained.

9. How did people know when a ship in the late 19th century was infected with disease?
(a) The ship flew a yellow flag.
(b) The ship came into the harbor but did not anchor.
(c) The captain ran ashore with the news.
(d) The ship radioed ahead.

10. What was one common agonizing disease that continued to break out in the South after the Civil War?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Leprosy

11. According to Bettmann in "Crime," what higher-level organizations were just as corrupted as the police?
(a) FBI.
(b) SWAT.
(c) City politics.
(d) The senate.

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

13. What was "swill" milk?
(a) Milk that had gone bad.
(b) Milk from cows that were fed waste.
(c) Milk that was used for medicinal purposes.
(d) Milk from goats.

14. In the late 1800s, how did city politics affect the criminal justice system?
(a) Many crimes went unprosecuted.
(b) Even the judges were corrupt and could be bought.
(c) City politicians were extra tough on crime.
(d) The judges often did not cooperate with the politicians.

15. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," the frontier diet was dominated by what single food?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Pork.
(c) Beef.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were doctors on the frontier in the late 1800s thought to have been?

2. How did prostitution rings prosper in New York in the late 1800s?

3. How were the prisoners in the prison system treated in the post Civil War era?

4. What was blamed for the cholera epidemic in 1832?

5. What was the General Slocum?

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