KANSAS 



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KANSAS 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON KANSAS 



(An outline suitable for Kansas will be found with the article "State.") 



How many states are larger than Kansas? How many have a greater popula- 

 tion? Where are most of the larger states? Most of the more populous? 



Why would it not be very profitable to set up in Kansas a plant for the manu- 

 facture of fertilizers? 



What substance that appears on the table with every meal is produced in great 

 quantities in this state? 



How did this territory come into the possession of the United States? How did 

 the early explorers describe it? 



How many people are there to the square mile? Is this density greater or less 

 than that of the country as a whole? 



How does it happen that Kansas has so large a negro population? 



As you travel across the plains of Kansas, how can you detect the presence of 

 a river in the distance? 



What has been the cause of the recent growth in manufactures? 



How did this territory profit by the finding of gold in California? 



Is the larger proportion of the population made up of city-dwellers or of country- 

 dwellers? 



What is the most disagreeable feature of the climate of this state? What are 

 several of its pleasant features? 



How has the location of the state affected its railway mileage? 



Describe the part taken by Kansas in the slavery struggle. What two legisla- 

 tive measures had a bearing on this question? 



Why has the educational problem been a difficult one? What indicates the suc- 

 cess that has attended its solution? 



What is the leading industry? How is the state divided into production zones 

 or belts? 



When did the present constitution of the state go into effect? 



What was the Lecompton Constitution? Why was it never made the real con- 

 stitution of the state? 



What recognition does the educational system take of the needs and wishes of 

 the rural population of the state? 



How does it happen that the western region is not so thickly settled as it once 

 was? Is the area which is too dry for crop raising mere waste land? 



How many times as many representatives as senators may the state have? How 

 often does the legislature meet? 



How did Kansas rank among the states as to the proportionate number of sol- 

 diers furnished to the Union army? Why was it ever called "Bleeding Kansas?" 



What church has the largest membership? 



How large a proportion of the state is actually under cultivation? How large 

 is the average farm? 



What laws that have been placed on the statute books show the progressive 

 character of the state? 



Give two popular names for this state and explain at least one of them. How 

 did the state receive its official name? 



How much higher is the western boundary line than the eastern? 'Is the loftiest 

 point in Kansas higher or lower than that of Illinois? Wisconsin? Maine? 



