Vocab
Who is Cyrus K. Holliday?
Founder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Founder of Topeka.
How did the settlers in Western Kansas get water?
Digging Wells or using Windmills to pump water.
What kind of homes did most settlers first build in Kansas?
Sod houses
What is Chain Migration?
Influences from one person to another to migrate to a new country.
What is a charter in the context of railroads and frontier expansion?
Contract giving permission to build something.
Why was finding fuel difficult for settlers on the plains? What did they use instead?
Lack of trees and Buffalo Chips
Explain what is Threshing?
Separation of grain from stock.
This is a person who opposes war or violence.
Pacifists.
Bound to or contracted to do something
What is Obligated.
Why were railroad land grants important for Kansas Development?
Gave land to the railroads, encourage construction and settlement.
What role did Railroad towns play in the growth of Kansas?
Connect farms to markets and brought supplies.
What town did many of the Exodusters settle in Kansas?
Nicodemus
Scarcity of food is called...
Famine
Who were the Plain Wars between?
Native Tribes and U.S. Army
Explain what the Homestead Act offered?
160 acres of "Free" Land as long as they cultivated the land for 5 years.
What was one MAIN reason immigrants came to Kansas in the late 1800s?
Opportunities for Land and Farming
Operated or equipped with machines is called...
Mechanize
a market structure that consists of a single seller or producer.
What is a Monopoly.
What effect did the expansion of Railroads have on the Native American Tribes?
Forced Native off their Land and Conflicts between the Natives and Settlers.
Which business man is known for creating restaurants and hotels along the Railroad?
Fred Harvey
Name two immigrant groups that settled in Kansas during this time.
How did Kansas change as a result of Emigration? (Leaving one place to settle in another.)
Creating a diverse population in Kansas, new customs, traditions, practices, food etc.