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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What danger did many industrial laborers face in the latter part of the 19th century?
(a) Fire hazards.
(b) Toxic inhalants.
(c) Unsafe working equipment.
(d) Lack of medical benefits.

3. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1900s.

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

5. After the Civil War, how did the isolation of the endless prairie affect many homesteaders?
(a) It caused people to have large families.
(b) It caused people to live in groups.
(c) It led to several trips a year to the cities.
(d) It led to depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the first vertical apartments?

2. What percentage of farmers in the 1880s had to mortgage their land?

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

4. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?

5. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," what frontier necessity was often a cesspool of contamination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the worst sweatshop industry for the health of the employees?

2. In the minds of some, what was the time between the Civil War and the early 1900s known as?

3. What was the area in New York that was the worst air pollution offender in the late 19th century?

4. How did railroads contribute to the pollution and danger for many cities?

5. What was pollution misunderstood to be in the time after the Civil War?

6. Why was child labor so common in the late 1800s?

7. What made the popular brownstone a stuffy and hazardous place to live for it's occupants?

8. Who constructed the first apartment building, and why was it created?

9. How does author Otto Bettman attempt to shatter the misconception of this era, and what is the result?

10. What caused the local wells on the frontier to become contaminated?

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