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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 Bettman in "Traffic," in what city was a record 330 crossing-grade deaths in one year?

2. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?

3. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?

4. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?

5. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two things negatively effected the mental health of homesteaders?

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

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

5. In the minds of some, what was the time between the Civil War and the early 1900s known as?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the diet of the frontiersmen with the city dweller's diet in the late 19th century. Was one worse than the other? Provide examples to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Looking back to the late 1800s, it's hard to believe how unsafe and unjust living in America could be. Yet we can also see that the American government, with its regulations and programs really brought America into a safer world with things like the FDA, housing regulations, etc. How would you argue these benefits with someone who think all forms of government infringement is bad or wrong? Provide examples of how the government has helped America to become a stronger and safer place.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast classroom discipline of the late 1800s with classroom discipline of today. How do/did teachers control their students?

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