Question

Written Response: Choose one item and write a paragraph in response. Compose complete sentences that illustrate proper grammar and spelling. Identify the letter of the item you're responding to. Your teacher will grade your response to ensure you receive proper credit for your answer.

a. One can identify the “Five Themes of Geography” as “Location,” “Place,” “Interactions,” “Movement,” and “Regions.”

What conclusions can you draw about how the environment affects people and how people affect the environment? Use examples from Kansas geography and history to support your conclusions.

b. The quotation below is from a letter written in 1879 by Kansas Governor John P. St. John.

“Any colored man who is honest and industrious and who can come with a very small capital to sustain him for a short time until he can get a start can do well . . . . The life and property of the colored man is just as safe here as is the life and property of a white man. The advantages for educating his children are equal to those extended to white children.”

Based on the quotation, and your knowledge of Kansas history, write a paragraph to persuade African American families to leave the South and move to Kansas.

c. The flowchart below shows changes in farming practices in Kansas after the Dust Bowl.

Farming Practices

· Straight-row planting

· Sodbusting right arrow

· Single-crop planting

The Dust Bowl

right arrow

· Aquifer irrigation

· Stubble mulching

· Crop rotation

Explain the cause-and-effect relationship illustrated by this chart.

d. The quotations below are from two Supreme Court Rulings: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas.

“If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically.” —Justice Henry Brown

“Segregation . . . denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment—even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors of white and Negro schools may be equal.” —Chief Justice Earl Warren

Compare and contrast the two rulings.

e. The quotation below is from the Kansas Bill of Rights.

“All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and are instituted for their equal protection and benefit. No special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the legislature, which may not be altered, revoked or repealed by the same body; and this power shall be exercised by no other tribunal or agency.”

Based on your knowledge of Kansas history and government, write three interview questions you might ask the writers of the Kansas Bill of Rights. For each question, write why you have included it

I need each one of these answer like a 7th grader wrote it

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

a. The environment in Kansas has a big effect on people and how people affect the environment. For example, the dry climate in Kansas means that farmers have to use water more carefully and maybe even try to find new ways to water their crops. On the other hand, people in Kansas have built cities and roads, which changes the environment by taking up space where animals used to live. So the environment and people in Kansas kind of have like a give and take relationship where they both affect each other.

b. If I was an African American family living in the South back in the old days, I would totally think about moving to Kansas. The Governor said that life and property is just as safe for Black people as it is for White people, which is cool. Plus, they said that Black children can get the same education as White children, so that's really nice. Seems like there's good opportunities in Kansas for Black families, so why not take a chance and make a fresh start up there?

c. So, like, back in the Dust Bowl days in Kansas, farmers changed how they did things to help the environment. They started using this thing called aquifer irrigation, which is like watering the crops with underground water instead of just from rain. This helped save the soil and stuff. And they also started doing crop rotation, which means they planted different crops each year to keep the soil healthy. So all the changes in farming practices were because of the Dust Bowl messing up the environment.

d. The two Supreme Court rulings, Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, were kinda different. Like, in Plessy v. Ferguson, they said that as long as White and Black people had the same rights, it was okay to have segregation. But in Brown v. Board of Education, they said even if the schools were the same, segregating Black kids from White kids wasn't fair under the law. So like, one ruling was okay with segregation, but the other one said it wasn't cool.

e. If I could interview the writers of the Kansas Bill of Rights, I would ask them stuff like, "How did you come up with the idea that all political power should be in the hands of the people?" because that's a really big idea. I would also ask, "Why did you think it was important for the legislature to not give special privileges?" because that's kinda interesting. And I would ask, "What do you hope will happen because of the Bill of Rights you wrote?" because maybe they had a big dream for Kansas.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

a. In Kansas, the environment affects people and people affect the environment. For example, the dry climate makes farmers use water carefully. Building cities changes the environment by taking up animal habitats. It's like a give and take relationship between people and the environment in Kansas.

b. African American families should consider moving to Kansas based on Governor St. John's words. He said Black people are safe and children get equal education. Kansas offers opportunities for Black families, so why not take a chance and start fresh there?

c. During the Dust Bowl, farming practices in Kansas changed. Farmers turned to aquifer irrigation and crop rotation to protect the soil. This shows how the environment influenced how people farmed in Kansas.

d. Plessy v. Ferguson said segregation was okay if rights were equal. Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas said segregation was unfair despite equal facilities. The rulings differed on the acceptability of segregation.

e. If I could interview the Bill of Rights writers, I would ask how they decided all political power should be with the people. I would also ask why they found it important to prevent special privileges by the legislature. Lastly, I would inquire about their hopes for Kansas with the Bill of Rights.