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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. In which of the following areas did women gain more influence toward the end of the pioneer period?
(a) Economic issues.
(b) Religious issues.
(c) Marital affairs.
(d) Governmental affairs.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business became the hub of the frontier town?

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

3. The majority of prairie teachers were _________________.

4. William C. Quantrill's most famous exploit against a Federal prison left 200 buildings in ruins and killed _______ people.

5. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was William C. Quantrill and what is he famous for during the Civil War?

2. What was considered to be one of the worst crimes on the frontier and how were criminals punished?

3. How were towns established on the frontier?

4. What issue united women as they began to get more of a voice in governmental, moral and social issues?

5. What was the personnel make up of a cattle drive?

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

7. When was Kansas officially declared a state and how long had the process taken?

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

9. Was slavery a part of life in Kansas prior to the Civil War?

10. In what year did women get the right to vote in federal elections and where did Kansas fall in the progression of states to grant this right?

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