Vocab
is a type of dwelling in which a pit is dug into the ground or on a hillside.
She came to Kansas in 1871, traveling by train and stagecoach.
Abbie Bright
Abbie Bright traveled to her brother’s claim in Kansas
By train and stagecoach
Silkville was settled by
skilled silk workers from France.
The invention of ___________________ made fencing off land in Western Kansas much easier.
Barb Wire
Daily Double - What was the score of the Lady Beavers basketball game last night
61-19
It was important to survey public lands in Kansas so that:
Legal Boundaries could be established
People who live on land to which they have no legal claim are called
Squatters
was an African-American settlement in Western Kansas.
Nicodemus
Exodusters
The second wave of blacks were poor and from the deep south.
Buffalo chips were gathered as fuel because
wood was scarce
German Mennonites coming to Kansas were often ______, meaning they were opposed to violence or war.
Pacifist
A one mile by one mile plot of land, equaling 640 acres, is known as
Section
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79-27
The largest group of foreign-born immigrants to Kansas were
German
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton was a
Land speculator and promoter who encouraged African Americans to come to Kansas
is a drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.
Famine
Lived in Clark County and moved to Kansas from Indiana with her 3 kids by train.
Flora Moorman Heston
6. The majority of the people who came to Kansas after the Civil War were:
American born who saw great economic and social opportunity
the area of southeastern Kansas known as the “Little Balkans” attracted immigrants from southeastern Europe to work in
The Coal Mines