Kansas Exodus

Examples of Kansas Exodus in the following topics:

• African American Migration

  • The Exodus of 1879 was the first general migration of blacks following the Civil War.
  • The Exodus of 1879, also known as the Kansas Exodus or the Exoduster Movement, refers to the mass movement of African Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century.
  • Louis to reach Kansas.
  • The Kansas Fever Exodus refers specifically to six thousand blacks who moved from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to Kansas.
  • The Exodus was not universally praised by African Americans.

• The Diversity of the West

  • The Exodus of 1879, also known as the "Kansas Exodus" or the "Exoduster Movement," was the mass movement of African Americans from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century.
  • One of the most important figures of the Exodus was Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.
  • Louis to reach Kansas.
  • The "Kansas Fever Exodus" refers specifically to 6,000 blacks who moved from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to Kansas.
  • The Exodus was not universally praised by African Americans.

• Dust Bowl Migrants

  • The Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres, centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.
  • Some residents of the Plains, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma, fell ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition.
  • The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time.
  • Migrants left farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico.

• Bleeding Kansas

  • The events later known as Bleeding Kansas were set into motion by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854, which nullified the Missouri Compromise and instead implemented the concept of popular sovereignty.
  • However, the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in mass immigration to Kansas by activists from both sides.
  • The resulting Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, drafted by Democrat Stephen Douglas (IL), repealed the Compromise of 1820 (which had previously closed Kansas to slaveowners) and put the Compromise of 1850 to the test.
  • The result was conflict and violence leading to the events of "Bleeding Kansas. "
  • Explain why Bleeding Kansas is considered a precursor to the Civil War

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, however, drafted by Democrat Stephen A.
  • “Bleeding Kansas” is the term used to refer to the political violence that erupted in Kansas territory and neighboring Missouri towns between proslavery and abolitionist forces.
  • Kansas territory was neighbors with slave state Missouri and free state Iowa.
  • Proslavery settlers came to Kansas mainly from neighboring Missouri, and some residents of Missouri crossed into Kansas solely for the purpose of voting in territorial elections.
  • Evaluate how the Kansas-Nebraska Act affected the political debate over slavery

• The Human Toll

  • The affected area included 1 million acres centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas.
  • Some residents of the Plains, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma, became ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition.
  • The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time.
  • With their land barren and homes seized in foreclosure, many families were forced to leave farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico.

• The Mormon Exodus

  • The Mormon exodus of 1846-47 was a large migration of members of the Church of Latter Day Saints from their home in Illinois to Salt Lake Valley, Utah.
  • The well organized wagon train migration began in earnest in April 1847, and the period (including the flight from Missouri in 1838 to Nauvoo) known as the Mormon Exodus is, by convention among social scientists, traditionally assumed to have ended with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Brigham Young (Joseph Smith's successor as President of the Church) decided to abandon Nauvoo and to establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin .
  • Map showing the westward exodus of the LDS Church between 1846 and 1869.

• The Lecompton Constitution

  • The Lecompton Constitution, drafted by proslavery factions, was a state constitution proposed for the state of Kansas that rivaled the constitution proposed by the Free-Soil faction.
  • In 1857, settlers in Kansas were faced with voting on a constitution that outlined a government for the territory.
  • The Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas.
  • Both the Topeka and Lecompton Constitutions were placed before the people of the Kansas Territory for a vote, and both votes were boycotted by supporters of the opposing faction.
  • While the president received the support of the Southern Democrats, Northern Democrats and Republicans denounced the blatant violation of the will of the popular majority in Kansas.

• Conclusion: Cultural Change in the Interwar Period

  • Some residents of the Plains, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma, became ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition.
  • The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time.

• The Mormons

  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Young decided to abandon Nauvoo and establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin.
  • The period (including the flight from Missouri in 1838 to Nauvoo) known as the "Mormon Exodus" is, by convention among social scientists, traditionally assumed to have ended with the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.