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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Weather reports.
(c) Editorials.
(d) Cartoons.

3. Which of the following might have served as a church in early frontier life?
(a) Community center.
(b) Individual homes.
(c) Clearing in the woods.
(d) Schoolhouse.

4. Which of the following was a basic business for a frontier town?
(a) Book shop.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Hotel.
(d) Cafe.

5. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.
(a) Bushes.
(b) Tumbleweed.
(c) Large rocks.
(d) Grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?

2. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?

3. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?

4. Why was the town of Osawatomie attacked?

5. How many English people were attracted to settle in Victoria?

(see the answer key)

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