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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. What invention in the early 1880s helped the homesteaders protect themselves from cattle drives?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) Cattle prods.
(c) Winchester rifles.
(d) Invisible fencing.

2. What was the most famous immigrant community in Kansas?
(a) Newport.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Abilene.
(d) Statesboro.

3. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.
(a) Socials.
(b) Homework.
(c) Chores.
(d) Church.

4. When a General Store grew, it divided into separate departments that could include ______________.
(a) Aromatherapy.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Pharmacy.
(d) Books.

5. Which of the following did the cowboys do in town once the cattle drive was over?
(a) Got cleaned up at the Barber Shop.
(b) Wrote letters home.
(c) Went to church.
(d) Settled in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who planned and directed a cattle drive?

2. Which group fought fiercely for Kansas in the slavery issue?

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

4. In which of the following areas did women gain more influence toward the end of the pioneer period?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was considered to be one of the worst crimes on the frontier and how were criminals punished?

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

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

9. What was the personnel make up of a cattle drive?

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

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