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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. Why were meat supplies low in the East?

2. The nature of a town could be changed with diverted railroad traffic or _____________________.

3. Some of the Kansas soldiers went east and some _____________________.

4. General stores also served as _____________.

5. Why were cattle driven to Kansas and points East?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the most popular immigrant community in Kansas and what eventually happened to the town and its founder?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process of creating a new garment on the Kansas frontier. What role did buffalo and other animal skins play in pioneer clothing? Who was primarily responsible for the family's clothing? What was the method of cleaning clothes?

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