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

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

3. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?
(a) Community men.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Government workers.

4. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?
(a) Horse races.
(b) Picnics.
(c) Ice cream socials.
(d) Concerts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?

2. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.

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

4. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?

5. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?

(see the answer key)

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