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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. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

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

3. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:

4. What was a common difficulty for frontiersmen after the Civil War?

5. According to the chapter "Work," what was a typical work week in the late 1800s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made the popular brownstone a stuffy and hazardous place to live for it's occupants?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did railroads contribute to the pollution and danger for many cities?

10. Which animals were a big contribution to air pollution in large cities like New York in the late 19th century?

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

Traffic was a huge problem in the large American city in the late 19th century. Discuss some of the ways that cities tried to help the situation, and whether those solutions helped or hurt the traffic problem. Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

How did drug addiction become so widespread in the late 1800s? Which addictive drugs were commonly accessible to the public? What types of over-the-counter medications routinely contained harmful addictive drugs? Compare this situation with the types of drugs available over-the-counter today, and the relegation to the "illegal" status of the common rugs of the late 19th century.

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