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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. Which of the following did the school districts control?
(a) Native American laws.
(b) Graduations.
(c) Tax levies.
(d) Hiring of preachers.

2. Professional teachers would sometimes supplement their meager income by ______________________.
(a) Sewing.
(b) Boarding at one of the students' homes.
(c) Writing books.
(d) Tutoring.

3. Who was the Cheyenne chief who led his warriors on a killing spree through Kansas?
(a) Chief Geronimo.
(b) Chief Sitting Bull.
(c) Chief Lame Deer.
(d) Chief Dull Knife.

4. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?
(a) Buffalo skins.
(b) Cowhide.
(c) Wolf skins.
(d) Mink.

5. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?
(a) Chuck wagon.
(b) Supper tent.
(c) Grub lean-to.
(d) Big table.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?

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

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

4. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

5. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?

(see the answer key)

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