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

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

3. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Soy beans.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Tobacco.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following could cripple the settlers during the winter?

2. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?

3. What was the nickname for sod blocks?

4. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe a typical Christmas for a pioneer family.

4. Describe the devastation of "The Grasshopper Year" in 1874.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?

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