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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. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?

2. Between what years did the majority of cattle drives take place on the American frontier?

3. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?

4. What organization initiated real change in the temperance movement in Kansas?

5. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were cowboys and cattle drives both a blessing and a curse to pioneer families?

2. How were towns established on the frontier?

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

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

5. Who was John Brown and what was his role in the slavery issue in Kansas?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe holidays on the Kansas prairie. What was the favorite holiday of the homesteaders? How did they celebrate it? How were these days different from other social events? What traditions did the prairie women try to hold on to from their lives back East?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why the accounts of the Kansas pioneer women had been overlooked for so many years. What value do they have for historians and students today? What value will you take away from this literary experience? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

What positions other than wife and mother did most prairie women hold? What was expected of a prairie woman by others? What expectations did she place on herself? Explain.

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