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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?
(a) Stucco house.
(b) Brick house.
(c) Stone house.
(d) Log cabin.

2. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?
(a) Fertile soil
(b) Good neighbors.
(c) No neighbors.
(d) Meadows.

3. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Dress the dead for burial.
(b) Give inoculations.
(c) Stitch cuts.
(d) Dispense pills.

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Union Pacific Railroad.
(b) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(c) B&O Railroad.
(d) Norfolk Southern Railroad.

5. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Covered wagon.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Stagecoach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the method used to find water in underground springs?

3. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

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

5. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?

(see the answer key)

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