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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To which of the following were Kansas settlers subjected?
(a) Blizzards.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Monsoons.
(d) Tsunamis.

5. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.
(a) The Grasshopper Year.
(b) The Boll Weevil Year.
(c) The Dead Corn.
(d) The Silent Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?

2. As the U.S. economy and population grew, _______________ were increasingly pushed west.

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

4. What was the mode of transportation chosen by families to reach Kansas?

5. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

(see the answer key)

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