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

2. Who was the legendary abolitionist who waged war against pro-slavery towns and groups in Kansas?

3. Why were meat supplies low in the East?

4. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?

5. What document gave each territory the right to decide slavery for itself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How were towns established on the frontier?

5. What issue united women as they began to get more of a voice in governmental, moral and social issues?

6. Who was William C. Quantrill and what is he famous for during the Civil War?

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

8. What was the role of the early newspapers established in Kansas?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how a frontier town was established. Where was it most likely to be located? What were the typical establishments in a frontier town? Why were frontier towns so volatile?

Essay Topic 2

Describe holidays on the Kansas prairie. What was the favorite holiday of the homesteaders? How did they celebrate it? How were these days different from other social events? What traditions did the prairie women try to hold on to from their lives back East?

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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