View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was true about Anna Brewster Morgan?
(a) She founded the University of Kansas.
(b) She was captured by Indians.
(c) She organized a prairie women's group.
(d) She was the best shot in the West.

2. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(b) B&O Railroad.
(c) Union Pacific Railroad.
(d) Norfolk Southern Railroad.

3. How were land concessions negotiated with the Native Americans?
(a) Military rule.
(b) Contracts.
(c) Treaties.
(d) By force.

4. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Visit the banker.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Write letters.
(d) Make guns.

5. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Year's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?

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

3. What was the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?

4. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.

5. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the methods of transportation for people moving west to Kansas?

2. Name the benefits and drawbacks of homesteading in eastern Kansas and western Kansas.

3. What type of clothing did the pioneering families wear and how did the women keep them clean?

4. In addition to fires, what other natural disasters did the homesteaders need to fend off?

5. Explain why pregnancy and childbirth were especially trying times for women and what complications were there for the newborns?

6. Describe what the pioneers would do on their favorite holiday.

7. Explain "water witching."

8. What was the pioneer family's priority after establishing its homestead?

9. Explain the roles of children in the prairie family.

10. Describe how a winter storm was so incapacitating to prairie families.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 992 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample