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KSH-Kansas History 3
Study Guide for Kansas History Test over Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Annie Marshall Grinter | A member of the Delaware Indian tribe who operated a ferry boat on the Kansas River. |
| William Becknell | A Missouri trader who helped to start the Santa Fe Trail. |
| Lewis and Clark | Explorers sent by President Jefferson to the Louisiana Purchase to find a water route to the Pacific. |
| Zebulon Pike | The first American explorer who traveled across Kansas, but he then became lost in Spanish territory. |
| Stephen Long | An American explorer who published a map of Kansas calling it the Great Desert. |
| Francisco Coronodo | A Spanish explorer who travel to Kansas searching for the city of Gold. |
| Relationship with Indians on the the Oregon-California Trail | Usually got along with immigrants moving west on the trail |
| How long did it take to travel to the West Coast on the Oregon-California Trail? | 4-6 months |
| What did travelers on the Santa Fe Trail often have to ration so they wouldn't run out of this item? | Food |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the United States should expand westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific. |
| Eminent Domain | The government had the right to take your land as long as they paid you a fair amount for the land. |
| What was the impact of the Indian Removal Act on the Indians relocated to Kansas? | It increased tensions among the tribes. |
| Indian tribes forced to emigrate to Kansas were assigned to... | reservations |
| What happened to the population of America in the 1800's? | It increased dramatically |
| Why did Lewis and Clark like Kansas? | It had a variety of game animals to hunt and the prairie was beautiful. |
| Besides trade goods, what did the Europeans bring to the American Indians they were trading with? | Diseases |
| Who was living in Kansas when the Spanish and French explorers first came to Kansas? | Native American Indians |
| Who moved west on the Oregon-California Trail? | families looking to make new homes and a new life |
| What was the Santa Fe Trail used for? | trading and moving freight |
| Why were Mission Schools created? | To convert Indians to Christianity and to teach them vocational skills |
| When Indians were moved to Kansas, what made it difficult to follow their traditional way of life? | the living conditions in Kansas were so unfamiliar to them. |
| Why did Americans think Kansas might be a good place to relocate the Indian tribes to? | I was known as the Great Desert and would a difficult place for Americans to settle and farm. |
| What did French traders come to Kansas to do? | Establish trading relationships with the Native American tribes located here. |
| What Indian tribe in Kansas did Francisco Coronado visit? | Wichita |