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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Housing.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Animals.
(b) Trash bins.
(c) Filth.
(d) People living on the streets.

2. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?
(a) It was built on the busiest streets.
(b) It was poorly scheduled.
(c) Too many people wanted to ride.
(d) It was way too slow.

3. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?
(a) Unsafe vehicles.
(b) Lack of upkeep on the lines.
(c) Massive overcrowding.
(d) Routes that were not expanded as the city expanded.

4. Author Otto Bettman wished to shatter the misconceptions of the late 19th century by:
(a) Demonstrating what life was really like for average people.
(b) Reporting how the nineteenth century immigrants flourished in the New World.
(c) Reporting how glorious life in the late nineteenth century really was.
(d) Describing the westward movement.

5. Why, does Bettmann explain, were pigs tolerated in the cities?
(a) They ate garbage.
(b) They made good pets.
(c) They were inexpensive to keep.
(d) They provided good food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the first apartments constructed?

2. In "Housing," what did Bettmann cite as an additional cause of dangerous air quality in homes?

3. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?

4. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?

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