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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 describes how Native Americans were viewed by the settlers?
(a) Joy.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Fear.

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

3. What was the weight of the average sod house?
(a) 10 tons.
(b) 90 tons.
(c) 2 tons.
(d) 5 tons.

4. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?
(a) Community men.
(b) Women.
(c) Government workers.
(d) Children.

5. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?
(a) Stone house.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Brick house.
(d) Stucco house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Social events on the prairie centered around supper and _________________.

2. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?

3. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?

4. Which of the following would occur on the Fourth of July?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the use of cow and buffalo dung on the prairie.

2. How did the growing United States impact the Native American tribes?

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

4. What natural threats were ever present for prairie families?

5. What were the sources of hostility between the Native Americans and the homesteaders?

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

7. What crops were the mainstays of Kansas crops and what else did the families eat?

8. When did the railroad become a viable method of transportation west?

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

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

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