Chapter 3Kansas As a CrossroadsInvasion and Encounter

• What country sent the first explorer into Kansas?

• Who was that explorer?• What was he looking for?• Describe Quivira• What did he really find there?• How did this affect Coronado’s future?

• Read “Coronado’s Report to the King of Spain” on page 47.

• From what he says, guess his opinion of the Kansas Landscape.

• Answer the three questions at the bottom of the column.

• What country sent the second group of explorers to Kansas?

• Why is Louis Jolliet important to Kansas even though he never explored here?

• Why were the French interested in Kansas?• Describe the explorations of both Claude

Charles Du Tisne and Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont.

• How did contact with the Europeans affect the Native tribes?

• How did the ways the Spanish and French control Kansas differ?

• How did contact with the Europeans benefit the Natives?

• How did contact with the Europeans hurt the Natives?

• How did the United States acquire the land of Louisiana from France?

• Who was sent to explore this land?• What was another reason they were sent to

explore this area?• What were some of Lewis and Clark’s

observations about Kansas?

• What other American explorer came to Kansas?

• Describe some of Pike’s accomplishments.• What third American explorer came to

Kansas?• What nickname for Kansas can be attributed

to Stephen H. Long?

• Name the two trails that crossed Kansas.• What was the main function of the Santa Fe

Trail?• Why is William Becknell called the Father of

the Santa Fe Trail?• How did entrepreneurs from around the

world make money from the trail?

• Read the selection on page 61 and describe what life was like on the Santa Fe Trail.

• How big was a wagon train?• How many men were employed?• What were some problems?• What did they eat?• How did the weather affect them?

• Read the selection on page 62 about life on the Oregon-California trail.

• Describe what it was like.• What were some problems?• Why did some people not complete the trip?

• What was the main difference between the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon-California Trail?

• What new difficulties can you discover by reading the textbook description of the trail?

• What myth about Indians is dispelled by the textbook?

• How did the Native Americans help the travelers?

Fill in the trails map and place the following forts on it:*Fort Leavenworth

*Fort Larned*Fort Harker*Fort Zarah*Fort Riley

*Fort Dodge*Fort Hays*Fort Scott

*Fort Wallace

*Which forts were established to protect the Santa Fe Trail?*Which forts were established to protect the Indian lands.*Which forts were established to help conquer the West?

• Explain the Law of Supply and Demand• Give two examples of this law (use the

reading selection for ideas)

• Define the term “Manifest Destiny”• How does the westward expansion fit in with

the idea of “Manifest Destiny”• Give examples as stated in the textbook.