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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 what year was a constitutional amendment introduced to give women the right to vote?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1859.

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

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

4. Why were cattle driven to Kansas and points East?
(a) They brought higher prices there.
(b) They could follow old trails.
(c) To replenish the meat supply in the East.
(d) They could not cross the Rockies.

5. The majority of prairie teachers were _________________.
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Young girls.
(c) Frontier mothers.
(d) Women from bigger cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.

2. What weapon was Carry Nation notorious for using?

3. In what year was the statewide Equal Suffrage Association created?

4. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?

5. In which of the following areas did women gain more influence toward the end of the pioneer period?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How were towns established on the frontier?

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

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