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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes how Native Americans were viewed by the settlers?
(a) Fear.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Joy.

2. Hundreds of ______________ Indians were slaughtered by the U.S. government in 1864.
(a) Lakota.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Wyandot.
(d) Sioux.

3. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?
(a) They were a long way from their families.
(b) The doctors would not make house calls.
(c) They were a long way from any medical help.
(d) There were no midwives.

4. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.
(a) Equal to.
(b) In awe of.
(c) Complain about.
(d) Subservient to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

2. Occasional skirmishes perpetuated the myth of the Native Americans as ________________.

3. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

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

5. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?

(see the answer key)

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