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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was the town of Osawatomie attacked?
(a) Abraham Lincoln was giving a speech there.
(b) Five sons of John Brown lived there.
(c) John Brown lived there.
(d) The Union army was encamped there.

5. What was one of the most serious crimes on the frontier?
(a) Land speculation.
(b) Arson.
(c) Tax evasion.
(d) Horse thievery.

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

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

8. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?
(a) Fresh meat for their families.
(b) New people to talk to.
(c) They could buy livestock.
(d) Cow chips.

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

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

11. Which of the following towns sprang up around the cattle drive business?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) San Diego.

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

13. In what year did Kansas decide to become a state?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1857.

14. In what Kansas town was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor?
(a) Allentown.
(b) Ansonia.
(c) Argonia.
(d) Amherst.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Frontier towns sprung up near major trails and ____________________.

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

3. Which of the following did the school districts control?

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

5. The majority of prairie teachers were _________________.

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