CHAPTER 8 KANSAS HISTORY
Across
- 1. Nation whose attack on Pearl Harbor led Kansans into WWII
- 6. Suppressed media during wartime or political conflict in Kansas
- 7. Ongoing issue in Kansas affecting civil rights and segregation
- 8. Middle name of Kansas Governor known for progressive labor policies
- 9. Program of reforms that aided Kansas during economic crisis
- 11. Famous Kansas-born pilot who inspired courage and exploration
- 12. Payment method that allowed Kansans to buy on credit
- 13. A current officeholder in Kansas government or elections
- 15. Last name of William Allen White, voice of small-town Kansas
- 17. State of farmers after years of drought and poverty in Kansas
- 18. Kansas’s official state flower and symbol of endurance and beauty
- 19. Plains animal once hunted to near extinction in Kansas
- 21. First name in the location of the 1941 attack on U.S. forces
- 22. Beginning of Kansas motto meaning "to the stars"
- 25. Shared farming systems to support Kansas communities during hardship
- 28. Many Kansas farms and banks failed during the Great Depression
- 29. President whose New Deal reshaped Kansas during Depression and war
Down
- 2. Second part of motto meaning "through difficulties" in Latin
- 3. Lack of motivation for production during Kansas economic collapse
- 4. First name of influential Kansan journalist and politician White
- 5. Falling prices that devastated Kansas farmers in the 1930s
- 10. Music genre that flourished in 1920s Kansas City nightlife
- 14. Buying system used in Kansas during the 1920s economic boom
- 16. Skill Kansans used to survive the Dust Bowl and Depression
- 18. Symbol on the Kansas flag representing statehood and aspiration
- 20. Staple Kansas crop essential to both economy and war supply
- 23. Farming method in Kansas to prevent erosion during the Dust Bowl
- 24. Second part of site attacked by Japan, drawing Kansas into war
- 26. Last name of the pioneering aviator from Atchison, Kansas
- 27. Additional cost on loans that burdened Kansas farmers