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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?
(a) Breaking plow.
(b) Garden plow.
(c) Earth mover plow.
(d) Sod buster plow.

2. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?
(a) In the dry good store.
(b) In the church.
(c) In a dugout.
(d) In her own home.

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

4. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Measles.
(d) Tuberculosis

5. Professional teachers would sometimes supplement their meager income by ______________________.
(a) Writing books.
(b) Boarding at one of the students' homes.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) Sewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first schoolhouses usually had nothing more than a stove and a __________________.

2. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?

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

4. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?

5. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?

(see the answer key)

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