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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.

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

3. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?

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

5. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?

(see the answer key)

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