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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the frontier became settled and a new society emerged, there was a need for _______________.
(a) Education.
(b) Theater.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Churches.

2. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?
(a) He would be hanged.
(b) He would be whipped.
(c) He would be run out of town.
(d) He would be sentenced to prison.

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) They were a long way from any medical help.
(c) The doctors would not make house calls.
(d) There were no midwives.

4. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?
(a) Church bells.
(b) Rifle shots.
(c) Bugle blast.
(d) Cannon blast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.

2. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.

3. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

4. One way that families made money to fund a church was __________________.

5. Kansas was predominantly ______________ at this time.

(see the answer key)

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