Kansas History World War I to Now

Kansas History World War I to Now

Scale 13 Target 1

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Who went on strike in Southeast Kansas?

• Railroad Workers

• Meat Workers

• Coal Miners

• Steel Workers

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Walter Johnson & Satchel Paige revolutionized

• Politics

• Football

• Aircraft Production

• Baseball

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The restaurant that started in Wichita in 1921 was

• White Castle

• Burger King

• Braum's

• Freddie's

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What was NOT an aircraft pioneer of Kansas

• Lloyd Stearman

• Clyde Cessna

• Alf Landon

• Walter Beech

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Who married Walter Beech and really built the Beech Aircraft Company?

• Carrie Ingalls

• Carrie Nation

• Olive Ann Mellor

• Mary Calvin

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The 1st woman elected to the Kansas State Legislature was

• Kate McIntosh

• Mary Ellen Rogers

• Ellen Michaels

• Minnie Johnson Grinstead

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Who developed the cash & carry system?

• Quik Trip

• Dillon's

• IGA

• Marketplace

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The Jazz superstar that helped start bebop was

• Charlie Parker

• James Brown

• Little Richard

• James Wilkes

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The Great Depression almost completely wiped out which industry in Kansas?

• Automobile

• Aircraft

• Mining

• Steel

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The Dust Bowl occurred during the

• 1910s

• Great Depression

• World Wars

• 1950s

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What Kansan ran for President in 1936?

• Michael Landon

• James Wilkie

• Warren Wilkie

• Alf Landon

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Which Kansan was Vice President under Herbert Hoover?

• Charles Curtis

• Darren Shiplett

• Warren Brown

• Albert Epler

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What caused the Dust Bowl?

• Farmers ploughed too much prairie grass

• Giant gusts of wind from the West

• Prairie fires started from storms

• Giant herds of buffalo on the plains

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There were __ aircraft companies in Wichita before the Great Depression and __ after.

• 12, 6

• 29, 2

• 19, 8

• 15,7

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Throughout the Depression why could farmers not pay their debts?

• People did not want food

• There was an over-abundance of food

• Many people could not afford food

• Water cost less than food

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Charles Curtis was the first ______ ________ to serve in a high office.

• Mexican American

• Native American

• European Immigrant

• Asian Immigrant

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Alf Landon lost to

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Herbert Hoover

• Richard Nixon

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Charles Curtis fought for

• Women's Suffrage & Slaves' Rights

• Native American 7 Mexicans' Rights

• Native American & Women's Suffrage Rights

• Immigrant Reform

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Kansas's economy boomed during World War II because of the

• Wildlife Conservation

• Automobile Industry

• Coal Industry

• Aircraft Industry

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What ended school segregation in Kansas?

• School Bussing

• Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education

• Violent Protests

• Race Riots

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Who created the Keeper of the Plains?

• Blackbear Bosin

• Albert Kohl

• Franklin Jackson

• Dr. Fredrich Wilkes

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Who was a Senator from Kansas for 27 years?

• Trent Thompkins

• Ellis Gamble

• Bob Dole

• Harry Newsom

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What brought racial injustice to the forefront?

• Civil Rights suit

• Wichita School Bus incident

• Dockum Drug Store sit in

• Race Riots of 1950

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Who is the voice of New Explorers, Investigative Reports, & Cold Case Files?

• Elrod Hendricks

• Bill Kurtis

• James Carter

• Philip Philco

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Who became the U.S. Treasurer under President Harry Truman?

• Eleanor Graves

• Marilyn Jenkins

• Kathleen Cole

• Georgia Neese Clark Gray

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Which North High grad was one of the greatest football players ever?

• Barry Sanders

• Emmett Smith

• Taylor Cummings

• Jay Hays

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Who was U.S. President from 1952-1960?

• Harry Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Alf Landon

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Who was appointed as Sergeant-at Arms of the Senate by Bob Dole?

• Juan Rodriguez-Menendez

• Jorge Castro

• Jesus Hernandez

• Ernest Garcia

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_________ ___ housed nuclear missiles during the Cold War.

• McConnell AFB

• Nellis Air Field

• Fort Riley

• Fort Leavenworth

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What North High grad was one of the greatest women’s basketball players & played for the Harlem Globetrotters?

• Marilyn Minks

• Cheryl Swoopes

• Lynette Woodard

• Dolores Dickerson

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Who was an influential female Senator from Kansas for 18 years?

• Wilma Franklin

• Sherry Lynn Walker

• Janice Lincoln

• Nancy Kassenbaum

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Who painted a Tragic Prelude?

• John Steuart Curry

• James Bass

• Errol Flynn

• David Darling