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

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

3. Why were meat supplies low in the East?
(a) No one wanted to raise livestock.
(b) Mad Cow Disease wiped out the herds.
(c) The grazing land was gone in the West.
(d) Devastated by the Civil War.

4. Why were men not attracted to frontier teaching positions?
(a) They didn't think it was manly work.
(b) They didn't have the education.
(c) Insufficient salary.
(d) They preferred to farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. General stores also served as _____________.

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

3. In what Kansas town was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor?

4. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders did not like cowboys coming through their territory?

5. What was the group that wanted to end slavery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What types of businesses were lured to towns and how permanent were these new communities?

4. During what years were cowboys prominent on the frontier and why were they first organized?

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

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

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

8. Describe the teaching environment in one of the first constructed schoolhouses.

9. What was the process that ultimately led to women's voting rights on the city level?

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

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