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

2. As the U.S. economy and population grew, _______________ were increasingly pushed west.
(a) Homestead boundaries.
(b) Asians.
(c) Negroes.
(d) Native Americans.

3. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?
(a) Mink.
(b) Wolf skins.
(c) Cowhide.
(d) Buffalo skins.

4. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Forbidding.
(d) Exhilirating.

5. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?
(a) God's Country.
(b) The Great American Desert.
(c) Halfway to Heaven.
(d) The Middle of Nowhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?

2. What was a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?

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

4. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?

5. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?

3. How did prairie life put women on equal footing with their husbands in the family dynamic?

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

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

6. What were the major diseases that plagued the homesteaders and what role did women play in health care?

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

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

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

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

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