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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the group that wanted to end slavery?
(a) Abolitionists.
(b) Jim Crow.
(c) Copperheads.
(d) Ku Klux Klan.

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

5. Which of the following meant the end to open range cattle drives?
(a) East Coast ranches.
(b) Increased fencing.
(c) Vegetarian movement.
(d) ASPCA movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kansas decide to become a state?

2. What document gave each territory the right to decide slavery for itself?

3. What percentage of the adult male population of Kansas joined the Union army when the Civil War came?

4. What was the most famous immigrant community in Kansas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How would the pioneers fund the building of new churches and how were they built and furnished?

2. What was meant by a preacher who was a "circuit rider"?

3. Why was the town of Osawatomie attacked by pro-slavery forces in 1856?

4. Who was John Brown and what was his role in the slavery issue in Kansas?

5. Why were cowboys and cattle drives both a blessing and a curse to pioneer families?

6. What nationalities of immigrants moved into Kansas during the pioneer days?

7. What was the role of the prairie women in regard to education?

8. How were towns established on the frontier?

9. Describe a school environment in a woman's home.

10. Who was Carry Nation and for what is she famous?

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