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

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

3. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Measles.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Tuberculosis

4. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?
(a) Cowhide.
(b) Wolf skins.
(c) Mink.
(d) Buffalo skins.

5. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn farmers usually raised a small amount of livestock for food including hogs and ___________.

2. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?

3. What was the weight of the average sod house?

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

5. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

(see the answer key)

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