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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Write letters.
(b) Visit the banker.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Make guns.

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

3. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.
(a) The Dead Corn.
(b) The Boll Weevil Year.
(c) The Grasshopper Year.
(d) The Silent Wheat.

4. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?
(a) Cow chips.
(b) New people to talk to.
(c) Fresh meat for their families.
(d) They could buy livestock.

5. Which of the following towns sprang up around the cattle drive business?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Phoenix.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?

2. What did prairie families look forward to?

3. Between what years did the majority of cattle drives take place on the American frontier?

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

5. Which of the following did the cowboys do in town once the cattle drive was over?

(see the answer key)

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