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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movement did Kansas participate in to help runaway slaves?
(a) The Kansas Abolitionists.
(b) Underground Railroad.
(c) The Federalists.
(d) Christians Against Slavery.

2. In what year was the Kansas town of Osawatomie attacked?
(a) 1865
(b) 1899.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1856.

3. Which of the following was true for most frontier hotels?
(a) Room service available.
(b) Fireplace in every room.
(c) Small guest rooms.
(d) They were brothels.

4. If a frontier town didn't have a jail, a prisoner might be locked up in __________________.
(a) A church.
(b) A stable.
(c) A stagecoach.
(d) An underground bunker.

5. What business became the hub of the frontier town?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Saloon.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) General store.

6. In addition to temperance what other issue was important to Kansas women in the late 1850s?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Women's suffrage.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

7. What document gave each territory the right to decide slavery for itself?
(a) Jim Crow Laws.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Monroe Doctrine.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

8. What was the minimum acreage of dedicated township to establish a town?
(a) 50 acres.
(b) 320 acres.
(c) 500 acres.
(d) 1000 acres.

9. In what year was the statewide Equal Suffrage Association created?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1917.

10. The nature of a town could be changed with diverted railroad traffic or _____________________.
(a) A new sheriff.
(b) Lots of new settlers.
(c) Government intervention.
(d) An altered stagecoach line.

11. In what year did Kansas women win the federal right to vote?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1934.

12. Between what years did the majority of cattle drives take place on the American frontier?
(a) 1803-1823.
(b) 1866-1886.
(c) 1900-1920.
(d) 1815-1835.

13. Which of the following was a basic business for a frontier town?
(a) Hotel.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Book shop.
(d) Cafe.

14. When a General Store grew, it divided into separate departments that could include ______________.
(a) Books.
(b) Aromatherapy.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Pharmacy.

15. Why did Texas ranchers have to rely on cattle drives?
(a) Their cattle counts grew too fast.
(b) They needed to thwart rustlers.
(c) They did not have railroads.
(d) That was their main industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?

2. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

3. How many people comprised an average School Board?

4. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.

5. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders did not like cowboys coming through their territory?

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