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The Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II in the American West
The Great Depression and World War II, far and away the worst economic calamity and the...
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Mary Elizabeth Lease: Populist Reformer
Blaming Wall Street for the nation’s economic woes is not a new...
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African American exodus to Kansas
Many African Americans, called “Exodusters,” left the South for Kansas.
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Kansas admitted to Union
Rejecting the Lecompton Constitution and the expansion of slavery, Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state.
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Territorial elections in Kansas
Pro-slavery forces won the territorial elections in Kansas. Anti-slavery forces responded by setting up an opposing government in Topeka.
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“What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
William Allen White’s anti-Populist editorial, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” appeared.
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Lecompton Constitution
In Kansas, pro-slavery delegates drafted the Lecompton Constitution, a pro-slavery document that created great debate about Kansas’s future. It was ultimately rejected but prompted turmoil in the territory.