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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were doctors on the frontier in the late 1800s thought to have been?
(a) Needed and appreciated.
(b) Better than nothing.
(c) Quality physicians.
(d) Worthless quacks.

2. How were the prisoners in the prison system treated in the post Civil War era?
(a) Much as prisoners today are treated.
(b) Like subhuman species.
(c) Although incarcerated they were treated with respect.
(d) They were treated according to their crimes.

3. Education in the rural setting in the late 19th century was considered to be:
(a) A good way to keep children occupied.
(b) Optional.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) Important.

4. Who ran the hospitals of the late 1800s?
(a) Universities.
(b) The city.
(c) The medical schools.
(d) Religious institutions.

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

6. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?
(a) 40%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

7. What did teaching methods of the late 19th century emphasize?
(a) How to learn a craft.
(b) Skill mastery.
(c) Memorization of dull facts.
(d) Recitation and obedience.

8. Who were the frontier drunkards in the late 19th century?
(a) The homeless.
(b) Whole families, including children.
(c) Saloon owners.
(d) Many who were left alone on the frontier.

9. Why were ferry accidents in the late 1800s common?
(a) Hidden rocks were a constant threat.
(b) The ferries were overcrowded.
(c) The captains were inept.
(d) With no radar, they often collided in the fog.

10. What was the biggest problem with the police in the post Civil War era?
(a) They did not protect the public.
(b) They had no weapons.
(c) The crime rate was too overwhelming.
(d) Corruption.

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

12. In what form did opium become widespread?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Cough syrup.
(c) Leaves for smoking.
(d) Laudanum.

13. In the late 19th century, how did families deal with members who had mental illnesses?
(a) They took them for treatment.
(b) They hid them.
(c) They had them sent away.
(d) They drugged them.

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

15. What could the Pullman sleeping car in the late 19th century be compared to?
(a) The luxuries of an ocean liner.
(b) Sleeping in a sardine can.
(c) Sleeping standing up.
(d) Sleeping in a cattle car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "bogus butter"?

2. In the late 1800s, what disease affected the city dwellers as well as the frontier people?

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

4. In the late 1800s, why would a cop be encouraged to beat up a perpetrator?

5. What other problems did city schools face in the post Civil War era?

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