Kansas Politics 101
This militant Kansas abolitionist is best known for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
A Rogers and Hammerstein Musical, in which cowboy Will Parker exclaims that "everything is up to date in Kansas City"
What is "Oklahoma!"?
The chemical known by the elemental symbol Sn.
What is tin?
An Atchison native who disappeared without a trace
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This president of the KU Young Democrats went on to serve four terms in Congress as a U.S. Representative from Kansas' 3rd District.
Who is Kevin Yoder?
The author of the Kansas-Nebraska act, which triggered Bleeding Kansas, whose name was also memorialized in a debate format.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
This 1982 album, from which Bruce Springsteen released the single "Atlantic City"
What is "Nebraska"?
Wichita is dubbed the "__ Capital" of the US
What is "Air"?
Tom Sawyer edged out this prominent Kansas Democrat to become House Majority Leader in 1991.
Who is Kathleen Sebelius?
What is Wichita?
This policy idea, enacted by the Kansas Nebraska act, threw out the Missouri Compromise and established that territorial legislatures would choose whether their state constitutions would permit or prohibit slavery.
What is "popular sovereignty"?
James Naismith, the first University of Kansas basketball coach, invented the sport in this Massachusetts town.
What is Springfield?
This Sir bid farewell to a fictional Kansas thoroughfare in a best-selling 1973 double LP
A Kansas politician who began his career as John Carlin's Secretary of Agriculture.
Who is Sam Brownback?
Anti-slavery Kansas militants defending against Missouri border ruffians were called this.
Jayhawkers
John Gilligan, father of former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, was the 2nd half of the only father-daughter gubernatorial pair in U.S. history as Governor of this state from 1971-75.
What is Ohio?
Gunsmoke popularized this phrase, which became a euphemism for avoiding trouble
What is, "get outta Dodge?"
The geologic composition of the flint hills.
What is limestone?
Governor Bob Docking introduced this presidential candidate at Kansas State University in his first official campaign speech.
Kansas passed an illegitimate pro-slavery constitution in this Kansas town, also home to former Kansas Senate and Gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach.
What is Lecompton?
After a landslide loss to Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, Kansas Governor Alf Landon named his two dogs after these two states, from which he received his only electoral college votes.
What is Maine and Vermont?
Smith County, KS is home to this unifying geographic feature.
What is the geographic center of the contiguous United States?
The first Democrat to win an electoral vote from Kansas
Who is William Jennings Bryan?