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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were cattle driven to Kansas and points East?
(a) They could follow old trails.
(b) They could not cross the Rockies.
(c) They brought higher prices there.
(d) To replenish the meat supply in the East.

2. What was Carry Nation's rallying cry as she wrecked saloons?
(a) "Smashing bottles, saving souls."
(b) "Another victory over demon rum."
(c) "Be gone, demon rum."
(d) "Smash, women, smash."

3. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.
(a) Homework.
(b) Chores.
(c) Church.
(d) Socials.

4. Who attacked the town of Osawatomie?
(a) Independents.
(b) Pro-slavery forces.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Abolitionists.

5. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?
(a) Their own lessons.
(b) Magazines.
(c) The Bible.
(d) University books.

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

7. How many Kansas men joined the Union army when the Civil War came?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 33,000.
(d) 20,000.

8. Some of the Kansas soldiers went east and some _____________________.
(a) Went to Canada.
(b) Went directly south.
(c) Stayed in Kansas to fight guerilla warfare Confederates.
(d) Went to New York to work in army offices.

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

10. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?
(a) Windsor chairs.
(b) Backless benches.
(c) Fireplaces.
(d) Brocade drapes.

11. The first schoolhouses usually had nothing more than a stove and a __________________.
(a) Chair.
(b) Bookshelf.
(c) Window.
(d) Small slate blackboard.

12. Who was the most notorious leader of the guerilla warfare Confederates?
(a) Wallace E. Beauregard.
(b) William C. Quantrill.
(c) Wade Stewart.
(d) William J. Lawrence.

13. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?
(a) Church.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Dry Good Store.
(d) Saloon.

14. For what is Carry Nation best known?
(a) Becoming a preacher.
(b) Founding the University of Kansas.
(c) Being a Prohibitionist.
(d) Shooting the president.

15. Why were men not attracted to frontier teaching positions?
(a) They preferred to farm.
(b) Insufficient salary.
(c) They didn't have the education.
(d) They didn't think it was manly work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the frontier circuit preacher supplement his meager income?

3. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

4. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?

5. What weapon was Carry Nation notorious for using?

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