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

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

3. What was a huge problem for city schools in the post Civil War era?

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

5. In 1890, how many prostitutes were estimated to be living in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Civil War, how effective were the hospitals at helping the sick and infirm?

2. Why were the some ocean liners nicknamed "fever ships" and "floating coffins"?

3. What were some of the characteristics of the one-room schoolhouses on the prairie?

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

5. In the late 1800s, what was the most effective way to fight diseases coming to America by ship?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What one food was the frontier diet staple?

10. In the late 1800s, why were the police not much help in the fight against crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did fear and the relative lawlessness of the open prairie play into the minds of homesteaders? What were some of the threats that homesteaders had to worry about?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the factors that led to depression and other mental issues with homesteaders in the late 19th century.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the labor force was treated or thought of by the rich industrialists in the post Civil War era. Were they valued as people with needs, families, etc., or treated differently? Provide examples from the book.

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