up in Kansas City, a lot of people would ask me, “Have you lived on a farm” or “Do you live around corn?” The area that I grew up in is a one to two hour drive to see houses that are so far out that they have to drive an hour to get to the grocery store. In the Kansas City area that I grew up in, everything is practically 15 to 20 minutes away. Even though it’s a very small area, we have great education, restaurants and a few entertaining places for families and friends. Living in Kansas City you
Kansas v. Davidson 267 Kan 667; 987 P2d 335 (1999) By Supreme Court of Kansas Facts: Eleven year old, Chris Wilson was killed by the defendants Sabine and Jeffrey Davidson while waiting for the bus.Stated by the legislature as "the killing of a human being committed . . . unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life." Based on the childs death, the defendants ( Davidsons) was charged with reckless second degree murder by the appellate
13a Sept. 2012 Kansas Geography Kansas is placed right in the middle of the US. It borders to Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma. Kansas is one of the bigger states of USA. We measure 336 km from the northernmost point of the state to the southernmost. From west to east we count nearly double: 640 km. As we can see, Kansas is right in the middle of the United States. The exact geographic center of the contiguous U.S. territory lies in Smith County. The Landscape of Kansas consists mostly
The Kansas-Nebraska Act The Kansas-Nebraska Act was important because, Kansas and Nebraska became slavery Outlawed states. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that dealt with issues of slavery in new territories, like the Compromise of 1850. The territories of Kansas and Nebraska wanted to become states, but the problem was
most contemplative issues that arose within this expansion boom was brought on by the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854. Although the Kansas- Nebraska Act was an attempt by Senator Stephen Douglas to organize the vast Nebraska territory west of Iowa and Missouri it renewed a decades old debate over slavery and caused the nation to fall more deeply into sectional divide. For the settlement of the Nebraska and Kansas territories three solutions were prominently urged. First, there was the Wilmot proviso
Kansas Kansas is a state that is surrounded by land in the United States of America. Kansas it is surrounded by Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The state was officially opened to settlers in 1854 by the U.S government. In Kansas there are many symbolic things that represent the state. The state fish is the channel catfish, the state animal is the American buffalo. Other symbols are state bird the Western Meadowlark, the state insect is the honey bee. Song: home on the range. Wildflower/flower:
Kansas Statutes Browsable and searchable archive of 2009 Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.) Top of Form [pic][pic][pic][pic] Bottom of Form Chapter 76: State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property Article 7: State Educational Institutions; Management And Operation Statute 76-729: Residence of students for fee purposes; basic rule, certain exceptions authorized; definitions.(a) (1) Persons enrolling at the state educational institutions under the control and supervision of the state
History 2010 Mrs. Prober Kansas Nebraska Act The Kansas- Nebraska Act become a law in the in the Unites States on May 30, 1854. It was a bill that was going to bring tension between the north and the south once again. Slavery at this point was still a very big issue at the time. When Kansas-Nebraska act was passed the north was not happy because the Act violated the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery at a certain degree on the map. People rushed to Kansas and Nebraska for a few
Nebraska and Kansas were territories that desired to turn into states. Only one issue needed to be resolved. Would they be for or against slavery? Senator Steven Douglas said it would be determined by "popular sovereignty". That indicates the popular vote of men and women living in Kansas and Nebraska would establish this. Thus, people from antislavery as well as proslavery parties flocked to Kansas and Nebraska. Before long a number of battles known as "Bloody Kansas" would begin. “Kansas fever”
Hector is the best epic hero in the Iliad because he has a larger than life stature, he is brave, and he is very important to the city of Troy. “. . since Hector is the lone defense of Troy. The great man of war was breaking into a broad smile,” (VI 17-18). The narrator is saying that Hector is the last hope of Troy which means he is special and not ordinary. It also calls Hector the only hope of Troy meaning that the Trojans can only win if Hector battles. He is also described as a great man of