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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sarah White and _______________ were two young white women captured by Indians.
(a) Sally Ann Madison.
(b) Mary McKenna.
(c) Lucille Bronson.
(d) Anna Brewster Morgan.

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

3. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?
(a) Rich soil.
(b) Water.
(c) Sod.
(d) Trees.

4. Corn farmers usually raised a small amount of livestock for food including hogs and ___________.
(a) Cows.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Chickens.

5. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Madison.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) McKenna.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.

2. What lured people from the east to head to Kansas to settle?

3. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

4. How were land concessions negotiated with the Native Americans?

5. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?

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