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

2. In the late 1800s, why was street crime so rampant in the large cities at night?

3. In the late 1800s, who especially suffered from such a monotonous diet?

4. Why were ferry accidents in the late 1800s common?

5. What prognosis did alcoholism usually carry in the late 19th century?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What one food was the frontier diet staple?

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

5. How did alcohol affect families on the frontier?

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

7. What was "bogus butter"?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Large cities (like New York) were inundated with trash in the late 1800s. Why was there so much trash in public places? What weather factors exacerbated the problem of the rotting trash and putrid stench? Particularly, how were the poor affected by these circumstances?

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