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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?

2. What was a popular type of big city housing during the late 1800s?

3. What problems did the railroads add to any town in the late 1800s?

4. After the Civil War, how did the railroad monopoly hurt the rural farmers?

5. Why did farmers in the 1880s have to mortgage their land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were some of the back-breaking laborious chores that frontier women had to endure?

5. How did the electric trolley car, which was built to improve the traffic situation, actually make the traffic problem worse?

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

7. How did landlords take unfair advantage of their tenants in the late 19th century?

8. In the late 1800s, were strikes an effective way to handle grievances by workers?

9. How did housing reveal the contrast between the rich and the poor in the late 1800s?

10. What was the most famous sewing-related sweatshop in New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the medical training that doctors received in the post Civil War era. What is a "diploma-mill" school? Who profited from such institutions? Contrast those schools with the medical schools of today.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why child labor in the late 19th century was so popular. Why did employers like to employ children? Were children given special consideration by employees? How did many parents feel about their children working at such an early age? What types of jobs were popular for children?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the labor force was treated or thought of by the rich industrialists in the post Civil War era. Were they valued as people with needs, families, etc., or treated differently? Provide examples from the book.

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