WorksheetsCh. 5 Kansas History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Kansas state motto is written in Latin and means:
a)
My Old Kansas Home.
b)
Kansas, as Big as You Think.
c)
To the Stars Through Difficulty.
d)
There is No Place Like Home.
2.
According to the Bill of Rights, all Kansans have the right to:
a)
freedom of speech, and the right to worship according to their own beliefs.
b)
buy land below market value.
c)
vote for state elected officials and run for office.
d)
drive a car at sixteen years of age.
3.
The Executive Branch of Kansas government:
a)
rules on court cases submitted to the Supreme Court.
b)
creates and amends laws.
c)
controls the post office and prints money.
d)
includes the governor's office and is responsible for administering laws.
4.
Who was the Comanche chief who spoke at the Medicine Lodge Peace Treaties?
a)
Sterling Price
b)
Ten Bears
c)
Nine Wolves
d)
John "Bear" Ingalls
5.
Who was the abolitionist who sent letters to newspapers in the east to report on territorial activities?
a)
Julia Louisa Lovejoy
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sarah Grimke
d)
Louise Brooks
6.
The Legislative Branch of Kansas government:
a)
is in charge of election in the state.
b)
administers the state parks and historic sites.
c)
makes and passes laws.
d)
selects juries for criminal trials.
7.
Who was the Confederate guerrilla who raided the town of Lawrence?
a)
William B. Quantill
b)
William C. Quantrill
c)
William B. Quantrill
d)
William C. Quantill
8.
Who proposed the state motto and designed the state seal for Kansas?
a)
John James Ingalls
b)
David M. Wright
c)
Sterling Price
d)
James Tucker Tulley
9.
Who was the Confederate general who fought in the Battle of Mine Creek?
a)
Phillip M. Cullins
b)
John James Ingalls
c)
Sterling Price
d)
Stephen R. Lane
10.
The Judicial branch of Kansas government:
a)
interprets the laws and settles disagreements between people.
b)
creates laws.
c)
allocates money to the state budget.
d)
keeps track of all state revenues.
11.
During the Civil War, most Kansans:
a)
wanted to maintain slavery.
b)
wanted to remain neutral.
c)
supported the Union.
d)
wanted to move further west to avoid the conflict.
12.
The First Kansas Colored Infantry :
a)
was not allowed to fight to for the Union Army.
b)
was formed to fight on the western frontier.
c)
never left Kansas during the Civil War.
d)
gained fame as the first black company to fight alongside white units.
13.
General Sterling Price led Confederate troops into Kansas and was defeated:
a)
at the Battle of Honey Creek.
b)
during Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence.
c)
at the Battle of Mine Creek.
d)
at Fort Larned.
14.
It was the job of frontier soldiers to:
a)
fight off Confederate invaders.
b)
keep peace between the Americans moving west and the Indians who lived in the West.
c)
train for combat overseas.
d)
send reports of live on the Kansas frontier to eastern newspapers.
15.
Every year on January 29th, we celebrate ?
a)
the end of January.
b)
a new year.
c)
the swearing in of a new governor in Kansas.
d)
Kansas Day.
16.
The coming of the ? helped to end the frontier in Kansas.
a)
railroad
b)
Pony Express
c)
Fort Larned
d)
state capital
17.
Americans who lived on Indian lands were called?
a)
Buffalo Soldiers.
b)
guerrillas.
c)
squatters.
d)
Jayhawkers.
18.
The ? is where the Governor and the Legislature work.
a)
capitol
b)
Medicine Lodge
c)
Wyandotte Constitution
d)
capital
19.
The Constitution of the state of Kansas is also called the ? Constitution.
a)
Lecompton
b)
Topeka
c)
Lawrence
d)
Wyandotte
20.
During the Civil War, ? took place when both Kansans and Missourians made raids across the border.
a)
squatting
b)
guerrilla warfare
c)
Marias des Cygnes
d)
friendships
21.
During the Civil War, the attack on Lawrence that Killed 140 men and boys was called ?
a)
Quantill's Raid
b)
Marias des Cygnes
c)
Sand Creek Massacre
d)
Quantrill's Raid
22.
More than 5,000 Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche met with representatives of the U.S. government to make peace at ?
a)
Lawrence.
b)
Fort Riley.
c)
Medicine Lodge.
d)
Fort Dodge.
23.
The 9th and 10 Cavalries were made up of African American soldiers who became known as ?
a)
Buffalo Soldiers.
b)
Jayhawkers.
c)
Border Ruffians.
d)
Guerrillas.
24.
The massacre of Plains Indians by the Colorado Volunteer Regiments occurred at ? and added to the American Indians distrust of the United States.
a)
Miller's Mine
b)
Lawerence
c)
Mine Creek
d)
Sand Creek
25.
Kansas had a rough start in the first years of statehood because:
a)
non of the other states wanted Kansas to join the Union.
b)
Kansas was experiencing a serious drought and there was no money in the state treasury.
c)
the people were unable to write a state Constitution.
d)
it was a free state.
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