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

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

3. What work did an ancient stove require on the frontier?

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

5. What problem did profit motives lead to for street car riders in the late 1800s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who constructed the first apartment building, and why was it created?

2. How does author Otto Bettman attempt to shatter the misconception of this era, and what is the result?

3. How did housing reveal the contrast between the rich and the poor in the late 1800s?

4. Why was child labor so common in the late 1800s?

5. What were some of the toxic inhalants many industrial workers had to endure in the post Civil War era?

6. According to the chapter "Air," what were some of the problems with using a streetcar for transportation?

7. What were some of the back-breaking laborious chores that frontier women had to endure?

8. According to Bettmann in "Work," where were the most dangerous places to work in the cities?

9. What was the most famous sewing-related sweatshop in New York?

10. What was the area in New York that was the worst air pollution offender in the late 19th century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the many ways that milk was adulterated for profit in the late 1800s. What was "swill milk"? How does it make you feel about buying milk today?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the slums of New York in the late 1800s. In what neighborhood were they located? How many people lived there? What were some of the dangers and unhealthy features of the slums?

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