This place is useless just like the Africa deserts.
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson was looking for ways to expand the United States territory so they bought land for $15 million from the French which doubled the size of the United States and opened up possibilities for Westward Expansion.
Stephen Long
WELL WE CANT JUST LEAVE IT!!!!
They may have only spent 123 miles of their 8,000 mile journey in kansas but they did seem to love the amount of deer and wild raspberries.
Jackson's Speech
“What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization and religion?”
Pike was the First American to travel this area. He described Kansas as a desert and he thought land was worthless. Pike’s description of Kansas started a big debate. Could this land be cultivated?
Indian Removal Act
Long called the area to become Kansas “The Great American Desert” and it influenced the US government’s decisions.
IDK?
Jackson convinced Congress to have the "savages" move to "the great American desert".
YES!!!!
Make them move!!!!
No more savages
The U.S. government didn’t think white Americans could survive in the land that is Kansas so they Forced East American Indians to relocate to Kansas and other areas.
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