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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?
(a) To get the homestead started faster.
(b) Their husbands died early.
(c) They signed a contract.
(d) Shortage of labor.

2. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?
(a) The Middle of Nowhere.
(b) God's Country.
(c) Halfway to Heaven.
(d) The Great American Desert.

3. William C. Quantrill's most famous exploit against a Federal prison left 200 buildings in ruins and killed _______ people.
(a) 529.
(b) 250.
(c) 2700.
(d) 143.

4. Why were meat supplies low in the East?
(a) Devastated by the Civil War.
(b) The grazing land was gone in the West.
(c) No one wanted to raise livestock.
(d) Mad Cow Disease wiped out the herds.

5. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.
(a) Complain about.
(b) In awe of.
(c) Equal to.
(d) Subservient to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Small animals like ducks and __________ would provide fascination for prairie children.

2. To which of the following were Kansas settlers subjected?

3. Kansas was predominantly ______________ at this time.

4. What was the minimum acreage of dedicated township to establish a town?

5. What movement did Kansas participate in to help runaway slaves?

(see the answer key)

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