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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Robust.
(d) Boom or bust.

2. In addition to temperance what other issue was important to Kansas women in the late 1850s?
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Birth control.

3. The nature of a town could be changed with diverted railroad traffic or _____________________.
(a) A new sheriff.
(b) An altered stagecoach line.
(c) Government intervention.
(d) Lots of new settlers.

4. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?
(a) Rancher.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Government.
(d) Trail boss.

5. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?
(a) Their own lessons.
(b) Magazines.
(c) The Bible.
(d) University books.

6. What organization initiated real change in the temperance movement in Kansas?
(a) Kansas Women's Temperance Movement.
(b) National Women's Christian Temperance Union.
(c) Sober and Strong Women for Kansas.
(d) Christian Kansas Women's Temperance League.

7. Frontier towns sprung up near major trails and ____________________.
(a) Stagecoach lines.
(b) Churches.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Trading posts.

8. Why did circuit riding become popular among frontier preachers?
(a) They were sparse and needed to serve more than one church.
(b) They also served as blacksmiths.
(c) They were trying to convert the Indians.
(d) They were trying to get as many people as possible for their church.

9. Why were men not attracted to frontier teaching positions?
(a) They didn't think it was manly work.
(b) Insufficient salary.
(c) They preferred to farm.
(d) They didn't have the education.

10. What document gave each territory the right to decide slavery for itself?
(a) Jim Crow Laws.
(b) The Monroe Doctrine.
(c) The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

11. What was the group that wanted to end slavery?
(a) Copperheads.
(b) Abolitionists.
(c) Ku Klux Klan.
(d) Jim Crow.

12. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.
(a) Editorials.
(b) Weather reports.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) Obituaries.

13. In what type of elections were women given the right to vote in 1861?
(a) Church.
(b) County.
(c) State.
(d) School.

14. What served as a blackboard in a teacher's home?
(a) Cotton material.
(b) Dirt floor.
(c) Wood planks.
(d) Walls.

15. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?
(a) They could buy livestock.
(b) Cow chips.
(c) New people to talk to.
(d) Fresh meat for their families.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Professional teachers would sometimes supplement their meager income by ______________________.

3. In what city did William C. Quantrill base his operations?

4. Which of the following was a basic business for a frontier town?

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

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