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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?
(a) Buying seed.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Planting.
(d) Business meetings.

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

3. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?
(a) Rye and corn.
(b) Wheat and soybeans.
(c) Potatoes and corn.
(d) Wheat and corn.

4. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?
(a) Provo.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Denver.
(d) Bozeman.

5. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Soy beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?

2. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

3. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?

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

5. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

(see the answer key)

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