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WorksheetsKS History After the Civil War
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was the first major cowtown in Kansas?
a)
Ellsworth
b)
Dodge City
c)
Abilene
d)
Wichita
2.
What was another name for cowboys during the cattle drive era?
a)
Whipper snapper
b)
Drover
c)
Ol' Buck
d)
Ruffneck
3.
How many more times valuable were cattle that were sold in the east compared to those sold in Texas?
a)
Twice as valuable
b)
Five times as valuable
c)
Ten times as valuable
d)
Twenty times as valuable
4.
About how long did the cattle drive from Texas to Kansas last?
a)
5 days
b)
2 weeks
c)
2 months
d)
5 months
5.
How many longhorns were moved from Texas to Kansas during the cattle drive?
a)
500,000
b)
1,000,000
c)
5,000,000
d)
10,000,000
6.
Which of the following would best describe the reason cattle drives began?
a)
No railroads in Texas
b)
Cattle needed to graze and get bigger
c)
Easiest way to move them
d)
Created jobs for locals
7.
Which city emerged as the principal Cowtown in Kansas around 1875?
a)
Ellsworth
b)
Manhattan
c)
Wichita
d)
Dodge City
8.
What famous American served as the marshal of Abilene during the 1870s?
a)
Wyatt Earp
b)
"Wild Bill" Hickok
c)
Jesse James
d)
Clint Eastwood
9.
Who dominated the cattle market from 1871 to 1875?
a)
Southeast Kansas
b)
The city of Ellsworth
c)
Joseph McCoy
d)
The city of Ottawa
10.
What was the big advantage the Wichita & South Western Rail Road Line offered that others in western Kansas didn't?
a)
Connected with Santa Fe Railroad which reached western markets
b)
Ran near the Mississippi River so cattle could easily be shipped north via water
c)
Connected with Santa Fe Railroad which reached eastern markets
d)
Ran near the Colorado River so cattle could easily be shipped south via water
11.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that cattle drives came to an end in Kansas in the mid-1880s?
a)
There was a growing demand for better bred stock
b)
Rail lines had reached into Texas
c)
Quarantine laws were closing off more & more range land
d)
There was no longer a demand for cattle
12.
It cost only $3 to become a member of the colony of Nicodemus, which was an African American colony located just a few miles outside of Topeka.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Why did African Americans from the south come to Kansas?
a)
To work on the cattle drives
b)
To escape the injustice & oppression they were experiencing
c)
Thought farming would suit them
d)
To find to Wizard of Oz
14.
About how many more African Americans lived in Kansas after the Exoduster movement?
a)
About 10,000
b)
About 25,000
c)
About 50,000
d)
About 75,000
15.
What was the name of the former slave from Tennessee who helped former slaves come to Kansas and improve their lives?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
d)
Willie "Ice" Jones
16.
What country did the term "Exodusters" come from, dating back to Biblical times?
a)
Israel
b)
Egypt
c)
Jordan
d)
China
17.
What political party emerged in Kansas as a result of droughts that led to crop failures during the late 1880s & early 1890s?
a)
Republican party
b)
Democratic part
c)
Populist party
d)
Bull Moose party
18.
Mary Elizabeth Lease was one of the most influential speakers for the Populist party that strongly believed in racial & gender equality.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Kansas had prohibition longer than any other state.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What affect did William Allen White have on the end of the Populist Party in Kansas?
a)
He ran for the Populist Party and gave them a bad rep
b)
He wrote an editorial criticizing the Populist Party
c)
He passed laws basically making it impossible for them to continue to exist
d)
He made speeches across the state denouncing the party
21.
It was required by law in the early 1900s that children ages 6-18 attended at least 24 weeks of school, which they all did.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What did Kansas become the first state to do on January 1, 1881?
a)
Put the law of prohibition into effect
b)
Elect a Populist party member as governor
c)
Ban child labor across the state
d)
Build a railroad crossing the entire state
23.
Carry Nation started off using rocks to bust bottles in saloons in Kansas and then turned to a hatchet when she moved on to bigger cities like Wichita & Topeka. She was a leading symbol across the country in the movement for prohibition.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What did all immigrants to Kansas in the late 1800s come in search of?
a)
Work
b)
Opportunity
c)
Land
d)
Religious freedom
25.
What country did the largest group of immigrants to Kansas come from?
a)
France
b)
Britain
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
26.
Many Germans from Russia came to Kansas because they were being treated unfairly by the Russia government.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
What did the nickname the Swedes game to Kansas, "Frantidslandet", mean?
a)
"Land of Opportunity"
b)
"Land of the Future"
c)
"Land of the Rolling Plains"
d)
"Land of Greatness"
28.
Many Mexican immigrants came to Kansas in the early 1900s in search of work and many found it working as rail hands on a specific section of the railroad.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
What city in our state is known as the "Air Capital of the World?"
a)
Topeka
b)
Wichita
c)
Salina
d)
Aviationville
30.
Who started the first airplane factory and flying school in Wichita in 1916?
a)
Walter Beech
b)
Jake Mellindick
c)
Clyde Cessna
d)
Walter Stearman
31.
Matty Laird started Wichita's first true aircraft company and created the "Wichita Eagle," the first made for production civilian aircraft.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
How often was an aircraft taking off or landing when Wichita Municipal Airport was at its peak as one of the busiest airports in the U.S. in 1944?
a)
Once every 30 seconds
b)
Once every 60 seconds
c)
Once every 90 seconds
d)
Once every 5 minutes
33.
What did the federal government build in Wichita in the 1950's so that it could be near the Boeing B-47's building built for the Cold War?
a)
Presidential Bunker
b)
New residence for governor
c)
Fort Riley Army Base
d)
McConnell Air Force Base
34.
How did Amelia Earhart, a Kansas native, get hooked on flying?
a)
At the Iowa state fair when she first saw a plane
b)
A 10 minute flying ride
c)
Her dad was a pilot
d)
When she watched the Barnstormers flying show
35.
Which of these is NOT true about Amelia Earhart?
a)
She became just the 16th woman to receive's a pilot license
b)
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
c)
She was the first woman to fly across the world
d)
She became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back
36.
Where was the last place Amelia Earhart was seen alive?
a)
South Pacific Ocean
b)
European coast
c)
Southern Africa
d)
Northeast United States
37.
During the Dust Bowl, loose top soil from 4 years of drought was left at the mercy of high winds.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
What was April 14, 1935 infamously named, when a massive front with winds up to 60 MPH, swept across the Great Plains?
a)
Gray Monday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Terrible Tuesday
d)
Weary Wednesday
39.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a big help for all Kansas farmers that increased production during the Great Depression.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Which of the following sets of creatures plagued Kansas farmers during the Great Depression?
a)
Frogs & Locusts
b)
Coyotes & Worms
c)
Jackrabbits & Grasshoppers
d)
Groundhogs & Mosquitoes
41.
Who represented the Brown family in the historic Supreme Court case?
a)
Harold Brown
b)
Robert Carter
c)
James Montgomery
d)
William Charles
42.
Who was ultimately the Chief Justice that presided over the Brown v. BOE of Topeka case once Fred Vinson died?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Earl Warren
c)
John Jay
d)
Stanley Goodspeed
43.
What was the unanimous ruling passed down in the Brown v. BOE case that placed Kansas in the national spotlight in 1954?
a)
Segregation in schools was fine
b)
Segregation in school was not acceptable
44.
How did the unemployment rate in Kansas change from 1930 to 1932 during the Great Depression?
a)
Nearly doubled
b)
Hardly changed at all
c)
Increased by five times what it was
d)
Grew about 2%
45.
Over 160 ____________ in Kansas failed during the Great Depression.
a)
banks
b)
businesses
c)
laws
d)
cities
46.
Which two parties disputed over election results and which party was in control of the Kansas House in 1892 & early 1893?
a)
Republicans & Democrats
b)
Populists & Democrats
c)
Republicans & Populists
d)
Federalists & Whigs
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