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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. What was a constant worry on the prairie?
(a) Wind.
(b) Fire.
(c) Sunburn.
(d) Hurricane.

2. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?
(a) No pre-natal care.
(b) Poor diet
(c) Bad genes.
(d) Injuries.

3. What was a major occasion for social gatherings among prairie families?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Cabin raisings.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Christenings.

4. What did prairie families look forward to?
(a) Social visits.
(b) Barn raising.
(c) Quilting bees.
(d) Church services.

5. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?
(a) A well.
(b) A pond.
(c) A kettle.
(d) A stream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did frontier families take shelter during Indian raids?

2. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?

3. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?

4. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?

5. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were Sarah White and Anna Brewster Morgan and why did they gain notoriety?

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

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

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

7. Prior to the mid 19th century, as what was Kansas known and what happened in 1854 to change that?

8. What was the incident at Sand Creek and what resulted from it?

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

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

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