Kansas

These statistics are recent enough to be considered an accurate reflection of the current state of workplace discrimination, but general harassment and incivility as well as the fact that conservative states, such as Kansas, tend to have significantly more hostile attitudes towards LGBT citizens than an “average” state. One could argue that if a state is hostile towards a minority group, that is a sufficient reason for not implimenting laws to protect them. This, however…

living in post-Civil War Kansas. His mother Rosie is the main subject of the book, along with his father Henry Ise. The main storyline in the book was of overcoming hardships in western Kansas, the strong will of his mother comes through in his own words. His father is very strong willed as well, but turns to Rosie for strength. John is able to put emotion into his book, enough that any reader will grow attachment to the Ise family as they preserver in western Kansas. John Ise writes about…

sing about it and even describe it. In Fleming’s remix the quote “Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore,” really describes how different Oz was to Kansas. When the scene where Dorothy and Toto just land and are still inside the house is in black and white and then after Judy Garland’s character opens up the door everything is in color I feel like that really shows how different Kansas and Oz is to the audience. With Wicked the entire musical is taken place in Oz. Everything takes…

others through the good of their own heart. While researching several topics, we came across Father Emil Kapaun’s name and were personally moved by his story, since he was from our own state of Kansas. Kapaun did not only sacrifice his life for others, but continually gave people hope, back home in Kansas and across the seas with the army, thereby significantly impacting the people around him. Through his acts of valor both as a chaplain and a prisoner during the Korean War, Father Emil Kapaun…

Read pages 482-485 Focus Question (page 482): The admission of new states to the Union fueled the debate by interrupting the balance between the number of slave states and free states. According to the textbook, it states, “[T]erritory gained by the Mexican-American War threatened to destroy the balance.” In the senate this would mean one side would have more power than the other due to popular vote. Both the North and South were opposed to this idea resulting in the debate. Checkpoint (pg.…

Unity is the main factor that keeps a nation from falling apart, however, without the cohesion of a nation, war amongst one another will break out and the very foundation a country relies on will fall apart. The United States was unable to resolve the north and south’s dispute on whether or not slavery should be permitted in the nation which led to an all-out Civil War. The presence of slavery in the American economy separated the northern and southern states, and the competition for power in…

In the Antebellum era in the United States of America, the Industrial Revolution and Western Expansion affected the lives of many Americans. The Industrial Revolution was a period in which significant technologies and ideologies were introduced. Before the Industrial Revolution, most people made things themselves. However, with the introduction of new machines like the cotton gin, the idea of factories became more and more popular. In a factory, one person would master doing a repetitive task,…

scene was set in Holcomb, Kansas, an extremely small town. Herb Clutter was the wealthy owner of River Valley Farm, husband to Bonnie Clutter, and father of three daughters and one son. Dick arrived to pickup Perry and the pair drove off; while in the car, Dick tells Perry about the lie he told his parents so that he can stay out overnight. It is revealed that Dick’s parents don’t like Perry because Dick befriended him in jail. Dick and Perry arrived in Emporia, Kansas where they purchased…

Sheamus and the boys were five miles down the road as they spotted the Renfrow brothers’ homesteads. Edmon and Mark were Northern Civil War veterans that had moved with their families from eastern Kansas to stake their claim on the western plains of Kansas. Sheamus knew the brothers from other times he and the boys had been to Bloom for supplies. Pulling into Edmon’s soddie Sheamus lead his horses Trigger and Dale up to the water trough as Edmon and his boys James, Sam, and Pete exited behind…

Slavery has been one of the most talked about subjects in history. It is a significantly important in our history. The Antebellum period was known for many reform movements. Slavery supported the economy of the United States, the nation went from underdeveloped farmers to becoming a driving force financially. It influenced important leaders, which eventually lead to war. The most important cause of war were state rights versus federal rights. These disagreements made it inevitable for conflict…