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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 lured people from the east to head to Kansas to settle?
(a) Fertile soil.
(b) Low taxes.
(c) Cheap land.
(d) Abundant water.

2. Occasional skirmishes perpetuated the myth of the Native Americans as ________________.
(a) Crafty trackers.
(b) Expert sharpshooters.
(c) Savages.
(d) Skilled weapons makers.

3. Picnics would most often occur on Saturday or ______________.
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

4. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?
(a) Blizzards.
(b) Heat.
(c) Insect.
(d) Dirt.

5. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?
(a) Madison.
(b) McKenna.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Mitchell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

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

4. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?

5. Which of the following describes how Native Americans were viewed by the settlers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the two major government initiatives that forced Native Americans out of Kansas and where did they go?

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

4. Describe a typical Christmas for a pioneer family.

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

6. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?

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

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

9. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?

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

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