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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to temperance what other issue was important to Kansas women in the late 1850s?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Women's suffrage.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

2. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?
(a) Buying seed.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Planting.
(d) Business meetings.

3. Early Kansas newspapers published which type of the following information?
(a) Vacant land for sale.
(b) Recipes.
(c) News from New York.
(d) Native Americans moving into the area.

4. What was the minimum acreage of dedicated township to establish a town?
(a) 320 acres.
(b) 50 acres.
(c) 1000 acres.
(d) 500 acres.

5. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?
(a) Prairie fires.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Crippled harvests.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

2. What was the mode of transportation chosen by families to reach Kansas?

3. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?

4. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

5. Where would a typical dance be held on the prairie?

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