Welcome to Kansas (Lesson 2) Part 1.

Welcome to Kansas (Lesson 2) Part 1.

By Michael Woods

​Many people living on the East coast of the United States found conditions crowd. This made settling in Kansas more appealing as it presented economic opportunities.

​​Crowded Living Space

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The United States Government ​wanted to build the idea of land ownership and make the land productive.

​​Homesteading Act

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​Read Pages 150-151

Multiple Choice

Which was not a requirement of Homesteading?

• Must be 21 years old

• Had to improve the land

• Had to be Male only

• Had to be a U.S. citizen or intending to become one.

Multiple Choice

What was Tenant farming?

• A system in which land could be purchased for $100 an acre.

• A system in which peasant farmers would improve land for a lord or noble.

• A system where farmers would improve land to eventually own it.

• A system where farmers rented a plot of land.

Multiple Choice

In your Homesteading/County game, how many Sections are available?

• 24

• 36

• 4

• 50

People traveled from other part of the U.S. to settle in Kansas ​

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​Let's explore who's settleing here

Coming to Kansas.

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​Current Population 11.

​Established by African Americans

Post Civil War... many freed/ex slaves settled this community ​

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Nicodemus Kansas

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Read Pg. 154 ​

Multiple Choice

Freed African American slaves from what state settled the town Nicodemus?

• Alabama

• Missouri

• Kentucky

• Virgina

Mass migration from the German states occurred ​

to help settle Kansas

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What is "Chain migration?" ​

Read pgs. 156-157 ​

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​What are some regions that "Germans" immigrated from?

​Push & Pull Factors

Multiple Choice

So many people in Kansas spoke German at one point there were __ newspapers published in German.

• 20

• 100

• 60

• 25

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a "push" factor?

• Political oppression/ loss of personal right

• Free land given away to settlers

• Pamplets giving showing that Kansas was to live place to live

• Modern Railroads that move people quickly

Multiple Choice

Which areas did most of the German settlers in Kansas come from?

• Russia, Japan, Egypt, Poland

• Prussia, Russia, Austria, Switzerland

• France, Italy, England, Ireland

• Russia, Mogolia, England, Austria

Multiple Choice

Who was the leader that allowed German Pacifists to settle in Russia?

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Tsar Nicholas

• Catherine the Great

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a "Pull" factor?

• Natural disasters, such as flooding or earthquakes

• Loss of property to the state or Nobility class

• Warefare and recruitment in the Army

• Religious freedoms & economic opportunities

Multiple Choice

Who was the large group of PACIFISTS that settled in Kansas?

• Prussians

• Turnvereins

• Mennonites

• Balkans

​The French establish the town of Silkville Ks.

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Read Pg 160​

​​The French Arrive!

The Swedish migrate to Kansas establish Lindsborg Ks.

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Read 160-161​

​​The Swedish Arrive!

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Multiple Choice

De Boissiere faced a lot of bigotry and moved to Kansas to establish the community of

• Cuba, Ks.

• Derby, Ks.

• Silkville, Ks.

• Scott City, Ks.

Multiple Choice

Communal means:

• Shared by people of a community

• Owned by individuals in a community

• non-transmittable property

• Feely giving away property to certain individuals.

Multiple Choice

Many people from Sweden moved to Kansas because of the "push" factor

• Economic Opportunity/ cheap land

• Religious Freedom/ Civil Rights

• Warfare/Poverty

• Famine/Over-population

Multiple Choice

The Swedish purchased 13,000 acres from

• Sante Fe Railroad

• Amtrack Railroad

• Kansas Pacific Railroad

• Kansas Belle Plaine Railways Company