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Lower Plains: Kansas, Nebraska

Internet Resources http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/home.html Find out more about the geology of Kansas, including its fossils, on the information-packed GeoKansas website. http://www.kshs.org The Kansas Historical Society provides a wealth of educational materials on the state’s history and heritage at its website. http://www.kshs.org/portal_kansapedia Browse this searchable online encyclopedia to find more information about specific topics in Kansas history. http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org The Amelia Earhart Museum’s website includes information about the legendary pilot, as well as a digitized archive of historic newspaper clippings from the 1920s and 1930s. Text-Dependent Questions 1. Why was the territory of Kansas referred to as “Bleeding Kansas” in the 19th century? 2. What factors contributed to the Dust Bowl? 3. Name three of Kansas’s top agricultural products. Research Project Through the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the federal government moved more than 10,000 Native Americans from the East into lands west of the Mississippi. Using the Internet or your school library, learn more about the tribes that were moved into Kansas. Pick one or two of these tribes to research in more depth. Find out more about their his- tory, cultural traditions, and original lands, as well as the challenges they faced after removal to Kansas.