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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. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

2. How were land concessions negotiated with the Native Americans?

3. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?

4. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?

5. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the roles of children in the prairie family.

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

3. What were the major diseases that plagued the homesteaders and what role did women play in health care?

4. Describe what the pioneers would do on their favorite holiday.

5. How did the growing United States impact the Native American tribes?

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

7. What type of clothing did the pioneering families wear and how did the women keep them clean?

8. What was the priority of the homesteaders upon arriving at their land?

9. Describe a typical Christmas for a pioneer family.

10. What was a typical social visit between pioneer families and why were the social times so valued?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the methods by which prairie women would obtain their medicines. What other medical tools did they fashion out of what they had? How do those methods compare to alternative medicines today?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how a frontier town was established. Where was it most likely to be located? What were the typical establishments in a frontier town? Why were frontier towns so volatile?

Essay Topic 3

Explain law and order on the Kansas frontier. What were some of the typical crimes committed? What was considered to be the worst offense on the prairie? What was the usual punishment for this offense? How were prisoners detained in such primitive environments?

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