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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business became the hub of the frontier town?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Saloon.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) General store.

2. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Robust.
(d) Boom or bust.

3. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.
(a) Their own.
(b) Eternal.
(c) Sacred.
(d) Property to be parceled and sold.

4. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.
(a) Homework.
(b) Socials.
(c) Church.
(d) Chores.

5. General stores also served as _____________.
(a) Saloons.
(b) Blacksmith shops.
(c) Whorehouses.
(d) Post offices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kansas was the ___________ state in the union to grant women the right to vote in federal elections.

2. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?

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

4. What movement did Kansas participate in to help runaway slaves?

5. How many English people were attracted to settle in Victoria?

(see the answer key)

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