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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there such massive overcrowding on Manhattan Island in the late 1800s?
(a) Because it was the only place to find work.
(b) Because of the poor transportation.
(c) People were too poor to leave the city.
(d) Because of incoming immigrants.

2. In the late 1800s, who was it that posed a threat to those on the frontier and instilled a sense of fear?
(a) Runaways.
(b) Train robbers.
(c) Tramps and various vagrants.
(d) Cattle thieves.

3. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?
(a) The windows didn't open.
(b) For privacy.
(c) To keep out the stench from the street.
(d) To protect themselves from intruders.

4. What was a major contributor to the contamination and disease in the wells in the late 19th century?
(a) Food left out.
(b) Drainage from the outhouse.
(c) Misunderstanding of germs.
(d) Typhoid epidemic.

5. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?
(a) There was too much housing to chose from.
(b) A lease was seldom renewed.
(c) They had no laws to protect them.
(d) Landlords did not allow animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," why would many young girls leave the country for the promise of the city?

2. Why did winter pose a health problem to those on the frontier according to Bettmann in "Rural Life"?

3. Due to a lack of a sanitation department in the late 1800s, many streets in the large American cities were lined with what?

4. What area in New York City had an abundance of industrial factories in the early 19th century ?

5. Providing the reader with a truer understanding of the late 1800s, Bettmann demonstrated:

(see the answer key)

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