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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. If a frontier town didn't have a jail, a prisoner might be locked up in __________________.

2. For what is Carry Nation best known?

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

4. Why were inns hard to maintain on the frontier?

5. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe a school environment in a woman's home.

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

8. Who was William C. Quantrill and what is he famous for during the Civil War?

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

10. What was meant by a preacher who was a "circuit rider"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the early churches in frontier Kansas. How were they constructed. How were they furnished? What types of buildings served as churches before dedicated structures could be constructed?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the early schoolhouses in frontier Kansas. How were they usually constructed? How were they furnished? How were they an improvement upon home schooling efforts?

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