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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. In addition to temperance what other issue was important to Kansas women in the late 1850s?

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

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

4. In what year did Kansas officially become a state?

5. For the most part there was no _____________ in Kansas, especially by the start of the Civil War.

Short Essay Questions

1. What issue united women as they began to get more of a voice in governmental, moral and social issues?

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

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

4. Who was Susannah Medora Salter and for what is she famous?

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

6. In what year did women get the right to vote in federal elections and where did Kansas fall in the progression of states to grant this right?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Kansas play in the slavery issue prior to the Civil War? What is meant by the term "Bleeding Kansas" to note this period in the state's history? What side did Kansas join during the Civil War? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the methods by which prairie women would obtain their medicines. What other medical tools did they fashion out of what they had? How do those methods compare to alternative medicines today?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of religion on the Kansas prairie. Was there an increase in religious life because just living on the prairie was such a trying experience? What were the primary religions represented on the Kansas frontier?

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