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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. In the late 1800s, how was milk treated when it had spoiled?
(a) It was colored with chalk or plaster of paris.
(b) It was given to the homeless.
(c) It was thrown away.
(d) It was used to make yogurt.

2. What was the General Slocum?
(a) A ferry that blew up and killed 1000 passengers.
(b) A ferry that collided with a barge, killing hundreds.
(c) A ferry that had the best safety record on the Hudson River.
(d) A ferry that sank due to overcrowding.

3. On the frontier in the late 1800s, what was the homemade liquor called?
(a) Swill.
(b) Mash.
(c) Mulch.
(d) Swine.

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

5. How did the gun laws after the Civil War compound the problem?
(a) The waiting period was too short to buy a weapon.
(b) The laws enabled known criminals to carry weapons.
(c) There were no real gun laws.
(d) Only the frontier lawmen were allowed to carry guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Crime," what higher-level organizations were just as corrupted as the police?

2. In the late 1800s, how were train passengers treated when traveling?

3. What could the Pullman sleeping car in the late 19th century be compared to?

4. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?

5. What was a chief problem of the lower decks of an ocean liner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the late 19th century, how did ocean liner travel exemplify the differences in travel for the rich and travel for the poor?

2. What was the extent of the prostitution industry in New York City in the late 19th century?

3. How was drug addiction so rampant in the average population in the late 1800s?

4. Why didn't people turn to vegetables given the state of the meat industry?

5. How did alcohol affect families on the frontier?

6. What teaching methods were emphasized by many teachers in the late 1800s?

7. What were doctors on the frontier like, and what were the primary diseases that ravaged the country populations?

8. What were some of the characteristics of the one-room schoolhouses on the prairie?

9. What one food was the frontier diet staple?

10. In the late 1800s, what was the most effective way to fight diseases coming to America by ship?

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