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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?
(a) Fireplaces.
(b) Windsor chairs.
(c) Backless benches.
(d) Brocade drapes.

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

3. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?
(a) Church.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Dry Good Store.
(d) Saloon.

4. In what year was a constitutional amendment introduced to give women the right to vote?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1859.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Kansas town was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor?

2. In what year was Susannah Medora Salter elected mayor of a Kansas town?

3. William C. Quantrill's most famous exploit against a Federal prison left 200 buildings in ruins and killed _______ people.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were towns established on the frontier?

2. Was slavery a part of life in Kansas prior to the Civil War?

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

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

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

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

7. What role did a hotel or inn play in a frontier town and what were some of the challenges in running such a business?

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

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

10. Who was John Brown and what was his role in the slavery issue in Kansas?

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