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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In prairie schools at a teacher's home the same material would be taught to children of all ages and there were no _____________.
(a) Scholarships.
(b) Exams.
(c) Recesses.
(d) Grades.

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

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

4. Which of the following was a basic business for a frontier town?
(a) Hotel.
(b) Book shop.
(c) Cafe.
(d) Bakery.

5. What invention in the early 1880s helped the homesteaders protect themselves from cattle drives?
(a) Invisible fencing.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Winchester rifles.
(d) Cattle prods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

2. Which of the following did the school districts control?

3. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?

4. The western plains Indians were usually _______________.

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

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