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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 served as furnishings in early frontier churches?

2. General stores also served as _____________.

3. What was distinctive about Susannah Medora Salter's election?

4. The first schoolhouses usually had nothing more than a stove and a __________________.

5. In what year did Kansas decide to become a state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Carry Nation and for what is she famous?

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

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

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

6. What functions did a general store have in a frontier town and what role did women play in these establishments?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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