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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?

2. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?

3. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?

4. Which of the following was true about Anna Brewster Morgan?

5. What was the weight of the average sod house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?

2. What type of clothing did the pioneering families wear and how did the women keep them clean?

3. What were some of the methods of transportation for people moving west to Kansas?

4. Describe what the pioneers would do on their favorite holiday.

5. What behavior of the Native Americans would catch the homesteaders off guard in their homes?

6. Describe a typical Christmas for a pioneer family.

7. Who were Sarah White and Anna Brewster Morgan and why did they gain notoriety?

8. What were the sources of hostility between the Native Americans and the homesteaders?

9. Explain "water witching."

10. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the influx of immigrants to the Kansas frontier. For what reasons did they leave their homes? What special challenges did they experience in homesteading in Kansas that Americans did not experience? How readily accepted were the immigrants by the established settlers in Kansas?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of the local newspaper in a frontier town. What types of information were usually included in an issue? How did the nature and tone of newspapers change as communities grew and politics reared its ugly head?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process of creating a new garment on the Kansas frontier. What role did buffalo and other animal skins play in pioneer clothing? Who was primarily responsible for the family's clothing? What was the method of cleaning clothes?

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