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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 a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Corn.

2. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?
(a) Covered wagon.
(b) Stage coach.
(c) Boat.
(d) Train.

3. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Scarlet fever.

4. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?
(a) Sand.
(b) Water.
(c) Sod.
(d) Wet coats.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

3. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

4. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

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

(see the answer key)

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