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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. What percentage of black children received any education at all in 1890?
(a) 30%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 40%.
2. The "protection" and "non-harassment" fees of the police in the late 19th century were a precursor to what later crime force?
(a) Street thugs.
(b) Gangs.
(c) Drug lords.
(d) Mafia.
3. What did the police often do with offending boys in the late 1800s?
(a) Locked them up with adults.
(b) Sent them to Juvenile Hall.
(c) Tried to scare them into being law-obiding citizens.
(d) Released them to parents.
4. What did teaching methods of the late 19th century emphasize?
(a) How to learn a craft.
(b) Recitation and obedience.
(c) Skill mastery.
(d) Memorization of dull facts.
5. Between 1860 and 1890, how much did the crime rate go up?
(a) 200%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 445%.
(d) 330%.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1890, how many prostitutes were estimated to be living in New York City?
2. According to Bettmann in "Health," how was insanity regarded?
3. How did prostitution rings prosper in New York in the late 1800s?
4. According to Bettmann in "Travel," what was often the result of an open-window train car?
5. What characterized American eating habits in the post Civil War era?
Short Essay Questions
1. What one food was the frontier diet staple?
2. After the Civil War, how effective were the hospitals at helping the sick and infirm?
3. Why didn't people turn to vegetables given the state of the meat industry?
4. What type of education did blacks receive during the post Civil War era?
5. What was "bogus butter"?
6. How did teachers fight the lack of discipline in the schoolroom in the late 1800s?
7. In the late 19th century, how did the lack of a meat-packing industry affect the quality of meat that was available to the general public?
8. What were some of the characteristics of the one-room schoolhouses on the prairie?
9. What were the ventilation problems associated with train travel in the late 19th century?
10. How did city politicians add to the crime problem?
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