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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Train.
(b) Boat.
(c) Stagecoach.
(d) Covered wagon.

2. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?
(a) Garden plow.
(b) Sod buster plow.
(c) Breaking plow.
(d) Earth mover plow.

3. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?
(a) A stream.
(b) A kettle.
(c) A well.
(d) A pond.

4. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.
(a) The Dead Corn.
(b) The Boll Weevil Year.
(c) The Grasshopper Year.
(d) The Silent Wheat.

5. As the U.S. economy and population grew, _______________ were increasingly pushed west.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Homestead boundaries.
(c) Asians.
(d) Negroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eastern and central plains Indians were usually _______________.

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

3. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?

4. Which of the following describes how Native Americans were viewed by the settlers?

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

(see the answer key)

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