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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 became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?
(a) Wheat and corn.
(b) Wheat and soybeans.
(c) Rye and corn.
(d) Potatoes and corn.

2. In the nineteenth century a woman's place was considered to be in ________________.
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The garden.
(c) The laundry room.
(d) The home.

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

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

5. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Stitch cuts.
(b) Give inoculations.
(c) Dress the dead for burial.
(d) Dispense pills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

2. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.

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

4. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.

5. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the priority of the homesteaders upon arriving at their land?

2. Describe a typical picnic for the homesteaders.

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

4. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?

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

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

7. What behavior of the Native Americans would catch the homesteaders off guard in their homes?

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

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

10. Explain "water witching."

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