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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?
(a) Cow dung.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Oil.

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

3. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?
(a) Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(b) Kansas Land Act.
(c) Kansas Title Act.
(d) Kansas Settlement Act.

4. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?
(a) Injuries.
(b) Poor diet
(c) Bad genes.
(d) No pre-natal care.

5. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Train.
(b) Boat.
(c) Covered wagon.
(d) Stagecoach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

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

3. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

4. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

5. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?

(see the answer key)

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