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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was a constitutional amendment introduced to give women the right to vote?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1859.

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

3. William C. Quantrill's most famous exploit against a Federal prison left 200 buildings in ruins and killed _______ people.
(a) 2700.
(b) 143.
(c) 250.
(d) 529.

4. For the most part there was no _____________ in Kansas, especially by the start of the Civil War.
(a) Railroad.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Crime.
(d) Military.

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

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

7. In what year did Kansas officially become a state?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1861.

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

9. In what year did Kansas women win the right to vote in city elections?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1901.

10. How did the frontier circuit preacher supplement his meager income?
(a) Shoed horses.
(b) Did carpentry work.
(c) Tutored students.
(d) Relied on housing and food from his congregation.

11. What was the first issue to unite many women in Kansas?
(a) Education.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Healthcare.

12. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?
(a) Government.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Trail boss.
(d) Rancher.

13. In what town was Kansas' first woman's suffrage organization created?
(a) Morris.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Lincoln.

14. How many years did the town of Victoria last?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 100.

15. In what city did William C. Quantrill base his operations?
(a) Harlan.
(b) Fort Scott.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Abilene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kansas women win the federal right to vote?

2. One way that families made money to fund a church was __________________.

3. What was an issue of constant tension in Kansas from its very beginning?

4. Between what years did the majority of cattle drives take place on the American frontier?

5. Who was the prohibitionist who introduced legislation to prohibit the sale of alcohol?

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