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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?
(a) Shortage of labor.
(b) They signed a contract.
(c) To get the homestead started faster.
(d) Their husbands died early.

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

3. What lured people from the east to head to Kansas to settle?
(a) Low taxes.
(b) Fertile soil.
(c) Cheap land.
(d) Abundant water.

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Union Pacific Railroad.
(b) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(c) Norfolk Southern Railroad.
(d) B&O Railroad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

2. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?

3. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?

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

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

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