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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. What was an issue of constant tension in Kansas from its very beginning?

2. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.

3. Who was the most notorious leader of the guerilla warfare Confederates?

4. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?

5. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the slavery issue in Kansas and what the Kansas-Nebraska Ace of 1854 decided.

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what year did women get the right to vote in federal elections and where did Kansas fall in the progression of states to grant this right?

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

10. What was the process that ultimately led to women's voting rights on the city level?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What positions other than wife and mother did most prairie women hold? What was expected of a prairie woman by others? What expectations did she place on herself? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain law and order on the Kansas frontier. What were some of the typical crimes committed? What was considered to be the worst offense on the prairie? What was the usual punishment for this offense? How were prisoners detained in such primitive environments?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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