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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 was a chief concern with train travel in the late 1800s?
(a) Being on schedule.
(b) Personal safety.
(c) Lost luggage.
(d) Overcrowding.

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

3. How was meat transported in the late 1800s?
(a) Live, on rail.
(b) Packaged and delivered by the meat-packers.
(c) Packaged in refrigerated rail cars.
(d) In refrigerated trucks.

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

5. In 1890, how many prostitutes were estimated to be living in New York City?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The diet of the average American in the late 19th century was:

3. What percentage of surgeries in the late 19th century ended in death?

4. What happened in a famous case in 1870 involving students and their teacher?

5. What was one common agonizing disease that continued to break out in the South after the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did teachers fight the lack of discipline in the schoolroom in the late 1800s?

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

3. How did city politicians add to the crime problem?

4. What were the ventilation problems associated with train travel in the late 19th century?

5. What was "bogus butter"?

6. In the late 1800s, why were the police not much help in the fight against crime?

7. Why were many young men suspicious of and disrespectful of the law in the post Civil War era?

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

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

10. According to Bettmann in "Travel," how were the below-deck boilers a danger to ferry travelers?

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