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20 Cards in this Set
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Homestead Act:
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Nurtured idea of land owner ship
· Settlers could obtain land ownership without purchasing it, by living on it and make improvements over 5 yr. period |
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Preemption Act:
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Gave settlers rights to land they occupied
· Squatters could purchase land · Must occupy for 14 months · Eliminated competitive bidders |
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Timber Culture Act:
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Allowed settlers to obtain land without living on it
· Plant large number of trees on it · Purchase for $1.25 an acre |
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Tenant Farming:
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Cultivating farm land owned by someone else
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What hardships came for settlers in Kansas?
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· Wind
· Grasshoppers · Drought · lack of wood · economic depression |
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How did Abbie Bright travel to Kansas to see her brother?
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By train, stagecoach and horse
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Who were the majority of people who came to Kansas after the Civil War?
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Americans from eastern states – they saw great economic & social opportunities
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Why was it important to survey public lands in Kansas?
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To establish legal boundaries and property lines for land owners.
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Nicodemus was settled by?
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Freed slaves from Kentucky.
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The “Little Balkans” attracted immigrants from S.E. Europe to work where?
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The coal mines.
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Who was Benjamin “Pap” Singleton?
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An ex-slave who was a land speculator & promoter who encouraged African-Americans to migrate (move) to Kansas.
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Who were the Exodusters?
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Second wave of African-Americans who came to Kansas from the deep south.
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Who were the largest group of foreign born immigrants to come to Kansas?
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Germans
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Who settled Silkville?
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Skilled silk workers from France
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What were Mexican men recruited by the R.R. to do?
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Maintain railroad lines throughout Kansas.
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Why did Germans from Russia come to Kansas?
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· Land available to farm
· Those with pacifists beliefs did not have to serve in the military · Freedom of religion |
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Kansas immigrants from the British Isles left their homeland because?
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· To escape a strong class system
· Opportunities for advancement limited |
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What did people from Sweden do shortly after Kansas became a state?
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· Suffered from famine
· Some thought of Kansas as land of the future |
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How did Kansas settlers adapt to the challenges they faced?
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· Used mud/dirt/sod to build homes
· Used buffalo chips or paper for fire instead of firewood · Used limestone instead of wood for fence posts |
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Why did African Americans whom were leaving the south think that Kansas was a good place to live?
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· Kansas symbolized the Promise Land
· Possibility of land ownership · Kansas struggled against slavery |
