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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 phrase describes medical colleges of the late 19th century?

2. In the cities in the late 1800s, what did the public health officials do to help stop disease?

3. The diet of the average American in the late 19th century was:

4. What kind of education did a teacher have to have in the late 1800s?

5. What was the biggest problem with the police in the post Civil War era?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the extent of the prostitution industry in New York City in the late 19th century?

2. How was drug addiction so rampant in the average population in the late 1800s?

3. According to Bettmann in "Travel," how were the below-deck boilers a danger to ferry travelers?

4. What were the ventilation problems associated with train travel in the late 19th century?

5. How did teachers fight the lack of discipline in the schoolroom in the late 1800s?

6. How was milk treated for consumers when it has been contaminated or spoiled?

7. In the late 1800s, why was the public pessimistic about the growing street crime in the cities?

8. Why didn't people turn to vegetables given the state of the meat industry?

9. How did alcohol affect families on the frontier?

10. In the late 19th century, how did city doctors often do more harm than good to their patients?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contract the housing options of apartments and tenements for someone in the late 19th century. Was one safer than the other? Was one more desirable than the other?

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