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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 weapon was Carry Nation notorious for using?

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

3. In what year did Kansas officially become a state?

4. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?

5. When a General Store grew, it divided into separate departments that could include ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the influx of immigrants to the Kansas frontier. For what reasons did they leave their homes? What special challenges did they experience in homesteading in Kansas that Americans did not experience? How readily accepted were the immigrants by the established settlers in Kansas?

Essay Topic 2

What role did Kansas play in the slavery issue prior to the Civil War? What is meant by the term "Bleeding Kansas" to note this period in the state's history? What side did Kansas join during the Civil War? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the accounts of the Kansas pioneer women had been overlooked for so many years. What value do they have for historians and students today? What value will you take away from this literary experience? Explain.

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