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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon was Carry Nation notorious for using?
(a) Shovel.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Fireplace poker.
(d) Ax.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Frontier towns sprung up near major trails and ____________________.
(a) Trading posts.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Churches.
(d) Stagecoach lines.

10. What was the most famous immigrant community in Kansas?
(a) Newport.
(b) Statesboro.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Abilene.

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

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

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

14. As the frontier became settled and a new society emerged, there was a need for _______________.
(a) Theater.
(b) Education.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Churches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a General Store grew, it divided into separate departments that could include ______________.

2. In addition to temperance what other issue was important to Kansas women in the late 1850s?

3. What was distinctive about Susannah Medora Salter's election?

4. In what year was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor of a Kansas town?

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

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