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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?
(a) Scouting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Shearing sheep.

2. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?
(a) Boat.
(b) Train.
(c) Covered wagon.
(d) Stage coach.

3. Frontier towns sprung up near major trails and ____________________.
(a) Trading posts.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Stagecoach lines.
(d) Churches.

4. William C. Quantrill's most famous exploit against a Federal prison left 200 buildings in ruins and killed _______ people.
(a) 529.
(b) 2700.
(c) 250.
(d) 143.

5. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.
(a) Arizona.
(b) Montana.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually the differences between the Native Americans and the settlers caused ________________ on both sides.

2. Hundreds of ______________ Indians were slaughtered by the U.S. government in 1864.

3. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

4. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.

5. Why were inns hard to maintain on the frontier?

(see the answer key)

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