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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?
(a) Kansas Title Act.
(b) Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(c) Kansas Settlement Act.
(d) Kansas Land Act.

2. What was the nickname for sod blocks?
(a) Prairie marble.
(b) Grass stacks.
(c) Grass bricks.
(d) Prairie manna.

3. What is the method used to find water in underground springs?
(a) Water witching.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Indian signs.
(d) Plot maps.

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

5. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?
(a) Fertile soil
(b) Good neighbors.
(c) No neighbors.
(d) Meadows.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.

3. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?

4. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?

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

(see the answer key)

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