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

2. How were the workers of labor strikes in the late 19th century perceived to be by the public?

3. Where was the El Train introduced?

4. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?

5. In what year was the El Train introduced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who constructed the first apartment building, and why was it created?

2. How does author Otto Bettman attempt to shatter the misconception of this era, and what is the result?

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

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

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

6. According to Bettman in "Air," how did the lack of a sanitation department contribute to the problem of filth and stench in the cities?

7. Was the fare for streetcars affordable to the working-class?

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

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

10. What were some of the toxic inhalants many industrial workers had to endure in the post Civil War era?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the prisons in the late 1800s. What was their sole purpose? How were prisoners treated? Which prisoners were treated the worst? Compare that with the prisons of today.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the stark differences in travel for the poor and the rich on the ocean liners of the late 19th century. What was travel on these vast ships like for the rich? In contrast, discuss the "steerage" option for the poor. Provide specific examples.

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