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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

2. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?
(a) Rye and corn.
(b) Potatoes and corn.
(c) Wheat and corn.
(d) Wheat and soybeans.

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

4. In what year did Kansas women win the right to vote in city elections?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1901.

5. What was an issue of constant tension in Kansas from its very beginning?
(a) Religion.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Education.
(d) Prohibition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the most notorious leader of the guerilla warfare Confederates?

2. In what year did Kansas decide to become a state?

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

4. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?

5. What organization initiated real change in the temperance movement in Kansas?

(see the answer key)

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