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