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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 months.

2. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

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

4. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?
(a) Hurricanes.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Hailstones.
(d) Bats.

5. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?
(a) Drought.
(b) Mud slides.
(c) Grasshopper excrement.
(d) Indian wars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

3. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

4. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.

5. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?

(see the answer key)

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