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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 one of the most serious crimes on the frontier?
(a) Arson.
(b) Horse thievery.
(c) Land speculation.
(d) Tax evasion.

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

3. For what is Carry Nation best known?
(a) Shooting the president.
(b) Being a Prohibitionist.
(c) Founding the University of Kansas.
(d) Becoming a preacher.

4. How many English people were attracted to settle in Victoria?
(a) 200.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 500.

5. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?
(a) The Bible.
(b) University books.
(c) Their own lessons.
(d) Magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a basic business for a frontier town?

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

3. Who was the legendary abolitionist who waged war against pro-slavery towns and groups in Kansas?

4. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

5. One way that families made money to fund a church was __________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what woman's issue was Kansas one of the most progressive states in the Union?

5. How were towns established on the frontier?

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

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

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

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

10. What happened in 1867 to spur on the cattle drives and what were some of the towns that emerged around the drives?

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