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

2. Kansas was predominantly ______________ at this time.
(a) Quaker.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

3. The nature of a town could be changed with diverted railroad traffic or _____________________.
(a) An altered stagecoach line.
(b) A new sheriff.
(c) Government intervention.
(d) Lots of new settlers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. General stores also served as _____________.

5. What was one of the most serious crimes on the frontier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role did religion play in the lives of the homesteaders and which denominations were primarily represented?

3. What functions did a general store have in a frontier town and what role did women play in these establishments?

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

5. What was the most popular immigrant community in Kansas and what eventually happened to the town and its founder?

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

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

8. What was the role of the early newspapers established in Kansas?

9. 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?

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

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