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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Native Americans would often come uninvited into the settlers' homes and marvel at plates and __________________.

2. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

3. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.

4. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?

5. Sarah White and _______________ were two young white women captured by Indians.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?

5. What was the incident at Sand Creek and what resulted from it?

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

7. Explain "water witching."

8. Explain why pregnancy and childbirth were especially trying times for women and what complications were there for the newborns?

9. What were the sources of hostility between the Native Americans and the homesteaders?

10. Describe a typical picnic for the homesteaders.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cowboys and cattle drives have a lasting impression on American culture yet they were active for only about a 20-year period. What was the purpose of a cattle drive? How was a cattle drive structured? Who were the personnel included on a cattle drive? What were the advantages and disadvantages of cattle drives to the Kansas homesteaders?

Essay Topic 2

Why were social visits so welcome among the Kansas homesteaders? What was the nature of a typical social call from one family on another? What were some of the social events held so that groups of homesteaders could meet and form friendships? What were the usual activities that would occur at these events?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the early churches in frontier Kansas. How were they constructed. How were they furnished? What types of buildings served as churches before dedicated structures could be constructed?

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