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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Community men.
(d) Government workers.

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

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

4. What type of animals usually worked the plow?
(a) Mules.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Cows.
(d) Horses.

5. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?
(a) Log cabin.
(b) Brick house.
(c) Stucco house.
(d) Stone house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

2. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?

3. What was a major source of crop devastation on the prairie?

4. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?

5. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

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