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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. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?
(a) Rancher.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Government.
(d) Trail boss.

2. People of which nationality immigrated to settle in Kansas?
(a) Polish.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Italian.
(d) Austrian.

3. How many years did the town of Victoria last?
(a) 100.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

4. Which of the following did the cowboys do in town once the cattle drive was over?
(a) Wrote letters home.
(b) Got cleaned up at the Barber Shop.
(c) Settled in town.
(d) Went to church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were meat supplies low in the East?

2. Kansas was the ___________ state in the union to grant women the right to vote in federal elections.

3. What document gave each territory the right to decide slavery for itself?

4. In what town was Kansas' first woman's suffrage organization created?

5. In what year was a constitutional amendment introduced to give women the right to vote?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What role did a hotel or inn play in a frontier town and what were some of the challenges in running such a business?

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

7. Explain the slavery issue in Kansas and what the Kansas-Nebraska Ace of 1854 decided.

8. How were towns established on the frontier?

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

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

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