KS History Final Review

What was one common reason tribes did not survive after being forced to move to Kansas?

• They refused to eat in protest

• They were not used to the climate of their new home

• They refused help

• They lacked the patience to adjust to their new home

The Populist Party was supported by

• Farmers

• Industrialists

• Native Americans

• Abolitionists

During the Civil War, Confederate Guerillas came from Missouri to raid Kansas were called

• Exodusters

• Bushwhackers

• Jayhawkers

• Carpetbaggers

Benjamin "Pap" Singleton encouraged which group to move to Kansas?

• Confederate soldiers

• Native Americans

• European Immigrants

• African Americans

Which farming technique was introduced after the Dust Bowl?

• sodbusting

• single crop planting

• stubble mulching

• slash and burn

The Preemption, Homestead and Timber Culture Acts all included how many acres of land?

• 160

• 640

• 320

• 60

Which law passed in 1854, said territories could decide to be free or slave?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Great Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

How did Fred Harvey contribute to the development of the railroads?

• Founding railroad towns

• Selling land to railroad companies

• Supplying railroad companies with construction materials

• Providing restaurants & hotels along railroad lines

What infamous Confederate leader led the burning of Lawrence in 1863?

• William Quantrill

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

What river makes the only natural border in Kansas?

• Arkansas

• Mississippi

• Kansas

• Missouri