View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did meat deteriorate so quickly in the late 1800s?

3. According to Bettmann in "Health," medical colleges were designed primarily to do what?

4. According to Bettmann in "Travel," what was often the result of an open-window train car?

5. How were the prisoners in the prison system treated in the post Civil War era?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did city politicians add to the crime problem?

3. In the late 19th century, how did ocean liner travel exemplify the differences in travel for the rich and travel for the poor?

4. What teaching methods were emphasized by many teachers in the late 1800s?

5. In the late 19th century, how did the lack of a meat-packing industry affect the quality of meat that was available to the general public?

6. What one food was the frontier diet staple?

7. What were doctors on the frontier like, and what were the primary diseases that ravaged the country populations?

8. How were criminals treated in the prisons in the late 1800s?

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

10. How did alcohol affect families on the frontier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why child labor in the late 19th century was so popular. Why did employers like to employ children? Were children given special consideration by employees? How did many parents feel about their children working at such an early age? What types of jobs were popular for children?

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

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 714 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample