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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were meat supplies low in the East?
(a) Mad Cow Disease wiped out the herds.
(b) Devastated by the Civil War.
(c) The grazing land was gone in the West.
(d) No one wanted to raise livestock.

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

3. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?
(a) He would be hanged.
(b) He would be sentenced to prison.
(c) He would be whipped.
(d) He would be run out of town.

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

5. In prairie schools at a teacher's home the same material would be taught to children of all ages and there were no _____________.
(a) Grades.
(b) Exams.
(c) Scholarships.
(d) Recesses.

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

7. Which of the following did the cowboys do in town once the cattle drive was over?
(a) Got cleaned up at the Barber Shop.
(b) Went to church.
(c) Settled in town.
(d) Wrote letters home.

8. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?
(a) Grub lean-to.
(b) Chuck wagon.
(c) Big table.
(d) Supper tent.

9. Who was the legendary abolitionist who waged war against pro-slavery towns and groups in Kansas?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John Brown.

10. Which group fought fiercely for Kansas in the slavery issue?
(a) Abolitionists.
(b) Pro-slavery proponents.
(c) Yankees.
(d) Federalists.

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

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

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

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

15. Why did circuit riding become popular among frontier preachers?
(a) They were trying to convert the Indians.
(b) They were trying to get as many people as possible for their church.
(c) They also served as blacksmiths.
(d) They were sparse and needed to serve more than one church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?

2. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.

3. Who attacked the town of Osawatomie?

4. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?

5. What was the group that wanted to end slavery?

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