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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Kansas women win the federal right to vote?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1865.

2. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?
(a) Horse races.
(b) Picnics.
(c) Ice cream socials.
(d) Concerts.

3. How many English people were attracted to settle in Victoria?
(a) 200.
(b) 500.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

4. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?
(a) Church.
(b) Saloon.
(c) Dry Good Store.
(d) Hotel.

5. Native Americans would often come uninvited into the settlers' homes and marvel at plates and __________________.
(a) Pillows.
(b) Tables.
(c) Beds.
(d) Chiming clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business became the hub of the frontier town?

2. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.

3. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.

4. In what Kansas town was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor?

5. The first schoolhouses usually had nothing more than a stove and a __________________.

(see the answer key)

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