Use the Explorer button below to read about early explorers of Kansas. Once you have read the short article, you will need to answer the questions below the button. These questions require a more in-depth answer than the article will give so you will need to do some of your own research to be able to answer them correctly.
Questions
1. Choose one explorer from the article and tell me more about his exploration though Kansas. (Coronado, Lewis & Clark, Pike, Long)
2. Why was Kansas referred to as the "Great American Desert"?
3. What was the Indian Removal Act and how did it affect the Native Americans in Kansas.
4. If I were a settler trying to make it to North Western United States which trail would I use from the article?
5. Why were forts established along the Oregon and Santa Fe trails?
1. Choose one explorer from the article and tell me more about his exploration though Kansas. (Coronado, Lewis & Clark, Pike, Long)
2. Why was Kansas referred to as the "Great American Desert"?
3. What was the Indian Removal Act and how did it affect the Native Americans in Kansas.
4. If I were a settler trying to make it to North Western United States which trail would I use from the article?
5. Why were forts established along the Oregon and Santa Fe trails?