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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?
(a) 50 acres.
(b) 30 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 160 acres.

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

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

5. What was a constant worry on the prairie?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Sunburn.
(c) Wind.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Native Americans would often come uninvited into the settlers' homes and marvel at plates and __________________.

2. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

3. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

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

5. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?

(see the answer key)

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