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abolitionism, 19–20, 31 See also slavery Bellevue, NE, 44, 46, 60 birds, state Kansas, 6 Nebraska, 34 Brown, John, 19 Brown, Oliver, 24 Buffett, Warren, 56, 59 Cheyenne Bottoms, 13–14 Chimney Rock, NE, 40–41 civil rights, 24 Civil War, 20, 47–48, 49 Clark, William, 17–18 Clay, Henry, 18 climate in Kansas, 11–12 in Nebraska, 41–43 Cody, Buffalo Bill, 60–61 Central Lowlands, 9–10, 38 Chalk Pyramids (Monument Rocks), 9, 10 “ Cornhusker State. ” See Nebraska Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 14, 16 Crazy Horse (chief), 50 , 51 Dole, Robert ( “ Bob ” ), 25 Douglas, Stephen, 45 dust storms, 23–24

flowers, state Kansas, 6

lakes in, 13–14 mineral resources in, 27, 29 nickname of, 6, 7 population of, 6, 20–21, 29–31 Prohibition in, 22 rivers in, 8, 14 Kansas City, KS, 30–31 Kansas-Nebraska Act, 18–19, 44 Lancaster, NE. See Lincoln, NE Lawrence, KS, 19, 20, 28, 31 Lewis, Meriwether, 17–18 Lincoln, NE, 34, 38, 48, 52, 58 , 59–60 Lisa, Manuel, 44 Long, Stephen H., 34 Louisiana Purchase, 17, 43, 49 Mallet, Paul, 36 Mallet, Pierre, 36 Missouri Compromise, 18–19, 45 Missouri Fur Company, 43–44 Monowi, NE, 61 Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids), 9, 10 Mount Sunflower (KS), 6, 8, 14 Naismith, James, 31 Nation, Carrie A., 22 Native American tribes, 14, 15 , 16, 36–37, 44, 49–51 and the Indian Removal Act, 18, 33 Nebraska and agriculture, 35, 39 , 40, 47 , 47–48, 53–55 cities in, 46, 59–61

Nebraska, 34 Ford, Gerald, 56 France, 16–17, 43 Freeman, Daniel, 4 9 French and Indian War, 17 fur trade, 16, 43–44

geography

of Kansas, 7–14 of Nebraska, 35–43

government

of Kansas, 24, 26 of Nebraska, 51–53, 62

Hagel, Chuck, 53 High Plains Region, 8–9, 40 Homestead Act of 1862, 46, 49 “ Indian Country, ” 18 See also Kansas Indian Removal Act, 18, 33

See also Native American tribes

Jefferson, Thomas, 17

Kansa (Kaw) tribe, 14 Kansas

agriculture in, 21–23, 26–27 cities in, 30–31 climate in, 11–12 diversity in, 29–30 economy of, 26–27, 29 facts, 6 famous people from, 28 geography of, 7–14 government of, 24, 26 history of, 14, 16–24, 45 industry in, 26

economy

of Kansas, 26–27, 29 of Nebraska, 53–55, 57

Eisenhower, Dwight, 28 Exodusters, 21

climate of, 41–43 diversity in, 57–58 economy of, 53–55, 57

Flint Hills, 10–11

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