Kansas Economic Growth
This helped Kansas’s economy grow in the early 1900s.
What are advances in agriculture, technology, and oil and gas?
This movement pushed for better roads in Kansas.
What was the Good Roads Movement?
This 1914 event triggered World War I.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Kansas farmers supported the war by growing this crop.
What is wheat?
Kansas miners formed these groups to demand better conditions.
What are labor unions?
This farming practice focused on growing one or two main crops.
What is specialization?
Kansas entrepreneurs helped develop this new type of transportation.
What are automobiles?
At first, the U.S. followed this policy during the war.
What is neutrality?
This slogan encouraged Kansans to help feed soldiers.
What is “Win the War With Wheat!”?
These work stoppages were used to push for change.
What are strikes?
Farmers used this strategy to reduce risk when prices changed.
What is diversification?
This term means money and resources used to fund businesses.
What is capital?
These two events pushed the U.S. to enter the war.
What were the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram?
This bank helped farmers get loans during World War I.
What is the Federal Land Bank of Wichita?
This group of Kansas women supported miners’ strikes.
Who were the Amazon Army?
These events helped spread new machines and ideas across Kansas.
What are fairs such as the Hutchinson State Fair?
This Kansan built and flew early airplanes in Kansas.
Who was Albin Longren?
This Kansas military base trained soldiers during World War I.
What was Camp Funston?
This deadly disease spread quickly during the war.
What was the flu pandemic of 1918?
This decade was known for new products, entertainment, and spending.
What is the Roaring Twenties?
This oil discovery helped expand Kansas’s economy beyond farming.
What is the El Dorado Oil Field?
These early airplane models were used to test new ideas.
What are prototypes?
This agreement ended fighting in 1918.
What is an armistice?
This woman from Kansas became the first accredited female war correspondent.
Who was Peggy Hull?
This cultural movement celebrated African American art and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?