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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. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?
(a) Rancher.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Government.
(d) Trail boss.

2. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?
(a) New people to talk to.
(b) Fresh meat for their families.
(c) They could buy livestock.
(d) Cow chips.

3. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Norfolk Southern Railroad.
(b) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(c) B&O Railroad.
(d) Union Pacific Railroad.

4. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?
(a) University books.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Their own lessons.
(d) The Bible.

5. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?
(a) He would be sentenced to prison.
(b) He would be hanged.
(c) He would be whipped.
(d) He would be run out of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?

2. What was the most famous immigrant community in Kansas?

3. What lured people from the east to head to Kansas to settle?

4. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

5. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.

(see the answer key)

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