Black Frontiers

Question 1

In 1907, the town of Nicodemus started what?

Accepted Answer

their own all-black baseball team

Question 2

The flock of birds _____ from the cold weather of the North to the warmer climate of the South.

Accepted Answer

migrated

Question 3

Why did people in North and South Dakota often burrow into the ground under an earthen roof?

Accepted Answer

it helped to keep out some of the severe cold

Question 4

According to the selection, adobe houses were built from what?

Accepted Answer

mud and straw

Question 5

What was the MAIN problem with the soddies?

Accepted Answer

they often leaked during rainstorms

Question 6

What did the white farmers in Kansas do to help the new homesteaders who worked very hard?

Accepted Answer

loaned them equipment to make their work easier

Question 7

In the Southwest, women learned from the Indians how to make soap and shampoo from what?

Accepted Answer

the yucca plant

Question 8

We paid for the new washing machine in ______ of ten dollars each week.

Accepted Answer

installments

Question 9

When the fire bell rang, there was an immediate ______ of students out of the classroom.

Accepted Answer

exodus

Question 10

George Washington Bush went to the Oregon Territory and did what?

Accepted Answer

introduced the first mower and reaper

Question 11

When did Benjamin Singleton buy part of a Cherokee reservation to start an all-black community?

Accepted Answer

after the Civil War

Question 12

It was very difficult to travel so far to live, why did the Exodusters do it?

Accepted Answer

they were convinced a better life awaited them in Kansas, they were willing to do anything to have a better life

Question 13

Why was Nicodemus, Kansas, named a National Historical Landmark?

Accepted Answer

to honor the hard work of the black homesteaders

Question 14

Why is this selection most like a photo essay?

Accepted Answer

it combines photos and text to present information

Question 15

The mole _______ into the ground to escape from its enemy.

Accepted Answer

burrowed

Question 16

The townspeople _____ a special spot in the park to honor the war heroes.

Accepted Answer

designated

Question 17

To keep a fire going, pioneer women often burnt what?

Accepted Answer

buffalo chips

Question 18

The towns of Nicodemus and Dunlap celebrated Emancipation Day each year by having what?

Accepted Answer

boxing matches and baseball games

Question 19

By 1879, what had 800 homesteaders who had left the Old South done?

Accepted Answer

come to Kansas to live

Question 20

Pioneers in Kansas and Nebraska built homes made of ______

Accepted Answer

sod

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