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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was a good place for a man to find a good woman?
(a) School.
(b) Ice cream socials.
(c) Bachelors Balls.
(d) Church.

2. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders did not like cowboys coming through their territory?
(a) They got drunk in town.
(b) The cows stomped crops.
(c) They were dirty and refused to bathe.
(d) They flirted with the girls in town.

3. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?
(a) Grasshopper excrement.
(b) Drought.
(c) Mud slides.
(d) Indian wars.

4. Which of the following towns sprang up around the cattle drive business?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Abilene.

5. Picnics would most often occur on Saturday or ______________.
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?

2. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

3. Which of the following did girl children do to help their mothers?

4. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

5. Why were meat supplies low in the East?

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