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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. How did Stewart keep as many employees working at one time as possible?

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

3. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?

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

5. What people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the apartments of the late 1800s often turn into death traps for its occupants?

3. How did many young people in the late 1800s react to seeing the laborious life their parents led?

4. How did many farmers on the frontier become financially in debt?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did winter pose a health hazard on the frontier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the tactics used by the police in the form of "protection" or "non-harassment" fees in the late 1800s to tactics later used by the organized mafia. Are they similar? Different? Provide examples.

Essay Topic 2

Is education a right or a privilege? Or both? Provide examples to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Air pollution was poorly understood in the time after the Civil War. Discuss what some popular misconceptions were about air pollution, and contrast those with the realities and dangers of air pollution.

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