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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Early Kansas newspapers published which type of the following information?
(a) Native Americans moving into the area.
(b) News from New York.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Vacant land for sale.

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

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

5. What served as a blackboard in a teacher's home?
(a) Walls.
(b) Dirt floor.
(c) Cotton material.
(d) Wood planks.

6. What invention in the early 1880s helped the homesteaders protect themselves from cattle drives?
(a) Cattle prods.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Invisible fencing.
(d) Winchester rifles.

7. Who was the prohibitionist who introduced legislation to prohibit the sale of alcohol?
(a) William Seward.
(b) Wade Chasen.
(c) John St. John.
(d) John Brown.

8. One way that families made money to fund a church was __________________.
(a) To sell encyclopedias.
(b) To sell Bibles.
(c) To sell raffle tickets.
(d) To hold a bake sale.

9. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?
(a) $50-$75.
(b) $50-$100.
(c) $10-$30.
(d) $25-$40.

10. What organization initiated real change in the temperance movement in Kansas?
(a) Christian Kansas Women's Temperance League.
(b) Sober and Strong Women for Kansas.
(c) Kansas Women's Temperance Movement.
(d) National Women's Christian Temperance Union.

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

12. 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) Recesses.
(c) Scholarships.
(d) Exams.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was usually the only thing in a family of any real worth?

2. Which of the following meant the end to open range cattle drives?

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

4. What movement did Kansas participate in to help runaway slaves?

5. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?

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