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Pre-Assessment Test
• Pre-Assessment Test• Introduction To Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Introduction
America After WWI
• Wanted to return to normal life, tired of war• More worried about the economy at home• Most Americans lived in cities than rural areas– 1920- 51% of Americans live in urban areas– Kansas- 35% urban
• America was changing– 18th Amendment passed- alcohol illegal– 19th Amendment passed- women gain right to vote– More industrialized- women in the work force
Kansas After WWI
• Agriculture remained central to Kansas economy, but industry began to grow– During WWI- focused on food production– “Win The War With Wheat”
• Farming became more mechanized– Tractors, Combines
• Extraction Industries important to the state economy– Coal, salt, oil, gas
• Airline Industry rose in Wichita• Labor Strikes continue and workers struggle for change
• Hand out Study Guides• Graphic Organizers/Notes
Bell-ringer:
What Is An Acronym?•Definition•Sentence•Visual/Example
The Ku Klux Klan
• National Geographic Television– Ku Klux Klan: Then and Now
• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/national-geographic-channel/all-videos/av-5745-5990/ngc-kkk-then-and-now/
Kansas and the Ku Klux Klan
• History of the Klan:– Organized in the South during WWI– Labor Strikes would attract the Klan to Kansas• Klan would side with the Unions/Striking workers to
gain members
– Membership was strict and specific- M. WASP• Opposed and targeted a wide variety of people
– Used Tactics meant to intimidate
Acronym: M. WASP
Membership Requirements:
• M. Male• W White• A American• S Sixteen• P Protestant
KKK Targets and Intimidation
Who they Targeted?
– Immigrants– African American– Roman Catholic– Jewish
How they targeted people?
– Burned Crosses– Wore Masks– Marched through towns– Kidnapped– Beat people– Killed people
Humor Targeting The KKK
• Fletch Lives clip- When the Ku Klux Klan comes to drive him out, Fletch (Chevy Chase) and Calculus (Cleavon Little) play a trick, sending them fleeing.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1z5PejkIyY
Bell-ringer
• Complete the following Acronym:
• M.• W• A• S• P
Defeating The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas
• Governor Henry Allen- felt it was important to stand up against the KKK– Why have masks if you stand for Christian values
• Ku Klux Klan- chartered in Georgia– Kansas law- states that it is illegal for “foreign”
corporations to do business without a charter– Board that grants charters- made up of politicians who
oppose the KKK• Klan appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court- they
denied the appeal two years later– Kansas becomes the first state to outlaw the KKK
Shout Out To William Allen White
• Ran for Governor even though he knew that he wouldn’t win
• Feared the KKK and their influence in Kansas– Fought to ban the KKK
from Kansas• Great deal of publicity-
well know figure who was watched by many
Reflections On The KKK
• PBS video- Barbara Belisle remembers visits from the KKK from her childhood.
• http://video.pbs.org/video/2180964801
Bell-ringer:
Name the 4 individuals that the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) targeted.
1.2.3.4.
List at least 2 types of intimidation tactics they used.
1.2.
Wichita- “Air Capital Of The World”
• Aviation Industry grew rapidly after WWI– Oil in Kansas helped
finance its expansion• Walter Beech, Clyde
Cessna, and Lloyd Stearman- formed Travel Air Manufacturing Company– Would become the
leader in manufacturing light commercial aircraft
– Important WORLDWIDE
Read Kansas!
The Three Amigos Split Ways
• Cessna– Would go on to create the C.V. Cessna Aircraft Company– The company specialized in building small racing planes
• Beech (along with his wife)– Would go on to found Beech Aircraft Company– This company specialized in planes for business travel
• Stearman– Would eventually start his own company called Boeing
Military Airplane Company
Boeing Article