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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the electric trolley car introduced?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1887.

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

3. Where was the El Train introduced?
(a) New York.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

4. Who were most of the shantytown residents in the late 1800s?
(a) Runaways.
(b) Newly-arrived immigrants.
(c) African-Americans.
(d) People displaced by their landlords.

5. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Near the railway station.
(c) Near the industrial neighborhood.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?

2. According to Bettmann in "Air," many people were cramped together in windowless rooms in the tenements during the summer, causing:

3. Why was there such massive overcrowding on Manhattan Island in the late 1800s?

4. The air quality in homes was dangerous in the late 1800s because of:

5. When the railroads came to a town after the Civil War, where were they placed?

(see the answer key)

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