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Chapter 6
Welcome to Kansas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emancipation | The act of being made free. |
| Sod House | A home made from sod - clumps of grass, roots, and dirt. |
| Dugout | A pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used for shelter. |
| Barbed wire | Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs spaced evenly throughout. |
| Irrigation | To supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams. |
| Chain migration | Migration caused by the feedback from people who have already immigrated. |
| Depression | A period of low economic activity with rising levels of unemployment. |
| Famine | A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage. |
| Tenant | One who pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property. |
| Most of the settlers who came to Kansas came from where? | Other states (Illinois, Indian, Ohio) |
| What was the largest immigrant group in Kansas? | German |
| Name 3 other immigrant groups who came to Kansas in large numbers. | English, Irish, Swedish |
| What are push factors? | Things that often push people away from a place, usually negative. |
| What are pull factors? | Things that pull people into a specific place, usually positive. |
| What push factors brought many foreign immigrants to Kansas? | War, famine, overcrowding, lack of job opportunities, religious persecution |
| What pull factors brought immigrants to Kansas? | Available farm land, fertile soil, wide open spaces, religious freedom, job opportunities, freedom and equality |
| What factors caused many African Americans to leave the South following the Civil War? | Unfair laws, discrimination, lack of job opportunities, low pay, violence |
| What land act passed by Congress had the greatest impact on the population of Kansas? | The Homestead Act |
| What were the qualifications to claim land through the Homestead Act? | Age 21 or older, a U.S. citizen or intend to become one, pay a $10 registration fee, live on and farm the land for 5 years, show improvements to the land. |
| What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? | Severe weather, periods of drought, limited resources, insects, isolation. |
| Without many trees in Kansas, what building materials did settlers use for shelter? | Sod |
| What did settlers on the Plains use for fuel? | Buffalo chips, cow manure, hay stalks, corn cobs |
| What was the purpose of a windmill? | To draw water from underground wells to the surface. |
| Who were the Exodusters? | Former slaves from the South who saw Kansas as the Promised Land. |
| Why did many African Americans view Kansas as the promised land? | Bleeding Kansas - the fight to make Kansas a free state. Efforts to gain rights for African Americans and women. The legacy of John Brown. A land of freedom and opportunity. |
| Name the largest All African American community in Northwest Kansas? | Nicodemus |
| How did the invention of barbed wire help farmers? | It was cheap, lasted a long time, and allowed farmers to keep their livestock contained. |
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