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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Education.

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. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?
(a) On the outskirts of the city.
(b) Homeless shelters.
(c) Boarding homes.
(d) Sleeping at railway stations.

3. How long did a typical rural school year last in the late 19th century?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Only a few months.

4. What people took advantage of the tenants in the time after the Civil War?
(a) The merchants.
(b) The immigrants.
(c) The landlords.
(d) The police.

5. What was the fare for the electric trolley car in the late 1800s?
(a) Ten cents.
(b) One cent.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Twenty-five cents.

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. Where were the first apartments constructed?

3. What did overpopulation in the big cities mean for the tenants in the late 1800s?

4. According to "Rural Life," where were children most likely to be on the prairie?

5. What was "bogus butter"?

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