Kansas

Kansas is a state in the central United States, bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita.

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Kansas Territory: A U.S. territory organized in 1854 that became the state of Kansas in 1861. Its organization opened the territory to settlement and a violent struggle over slavery.
Great Plains: A vast North American region of mostly flat or rolling grasslands extending from Canada into the United States. Kansas occupies the eastern Great Plains, where elevation rises gradually westward.
Charles Curtis: A Kaw politician from Kansas who served as vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. Curtis was born in Kansas and became the first Native American and first person of color to serve as U.S. vice president.
Kansas wheat belt: A major wheat-growing region in Kansas, part of the larger Great Plains agricultural system. Wheat farming is one of the state’s defining agricultural activities.
Nebraska: A state in the central United States, directly north of Kansas. Nebraska shares Kansas’s Great Plains setting but lies across its northern border.
Bleeding Kansas: A period of violent conflict in Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1861 over whether slavery would be permitted. The conflict made Kansas a national flashpoint before the Civil War.
Central United States: The broad middle region of the United States, commonly distinguished from its Atlantic, Pacific, and border regions. Kansas is commonly placed in the country’s central region.
John Brown: An American abolitionist who used armed action against slavery and led the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. Brown participated in the violent antislavery struggle in Kansas Territory.
Aviation industry in Wichita: The aircraft manufacturing and aerospace sector centered in Wichita, Kansas. Wichita’s aviation companies have made aerospace a major part of the state economy.
Missouri: A state in the central United States, directly east of Kansas. Missouri borders Kansas and was the opposing side in the Kansas City region’s state line.