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

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

3. Which of the following did the cowboys do in town once the cattle drive was over?

4. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?

5. What weapon was Carry Nation notorious for using?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the role of the early newspapers established in Kansas?

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

4. What was the personnel make up of a cattle drive?

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

6. What types of businesses were lured to towns and how permanent were these new communities?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name the three most popular types of homes built by the Kansas homesteaders. What were the determining factors in choosing the type of home to build? What were the disadvantages and advantages of each type?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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