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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
'''1803--'''The United States acquired Kansas from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase. | |||
'''1804-1820--'''United States government expeditions explored the Kansas region. | |||
'''1821--'''The Santa Fe Trail across Kansas was opened. It served as a wagon road from Missouri to the Southwest until 1880, when the railroad was completed. | |||
'''1827-1853--'''The United State Army built forts and roads in Kansas for frontier defence and to protect trade along the Santa Fe Trail. | |||
'''1830-1854--'''Kansas was part of Indiana Territory, where 20 tribes from the east were relocated. The Indian Territory was closed to white settlement. | |||
'''1854--'''The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement. | |||
'''1861--'''Kansas, with its present boundaries was admitted to the Union. | |||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||