The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Kansas:
Kansas â U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kkÃÂ
:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning.
General reference
Geography of Kansas
Geography of Kansas
Places in Kansas
Environment of Kansas
Natural geographic features of Kansas
Regions of Kansas
Administrative divisions of Kansas
Demography of Kansas
Demographics of Kansas
Government and politics of Kansas
Branches of the government of Kansas
Government of Kansas
Executive branch of the government of Kansas
Legislative branch of the government of Kansas
Judicial branch of the government of Kansas
Courts of Kansas
Law and order in Kansas
Law of Kansas
Laws by type
Military in Kansas
History of Kansas
History of Kansas, by period
- Prehistory of Kansas
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699âÂÂ1764
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764âÂÂ1803
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
- French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase of 1803
- Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803âÂÂ1804
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804âÂÂ1806
- District of Louisiana, 1804âÂÂ1805
- Territory of Louisiana, 1805âÂÂ1812
- Pike Expedition, 1806âÂÂ1807
- Territory of Missouri, 1812âÂÂ1821
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 â March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Adams-OnÃÂs Treaty of 1819
- Unorganized Territory, 1821âÂÂ1854
- Santa Fe Trail, 1821âÂÂ1880
- MexicanâÂÂAmerican War, April 25, 1846 â February 2, 1848
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
- Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851
- Territory of Kansas, 1854âÂÂ1861
- KansasâÂÂNebraska Act of 1854
- History of slavery in Kansas
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854âÂÂ1859
- Pike's Peak Gold Rush, 1858âÂÂ1861
- Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859âÂÂ1861
- Pony Express, 1860âÂÂ1861
- State of Kansas becomes 34th State admitted to the United States of America on January 29, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 â May 13, 1865
- Kansas in the American Civil War
- Price's Raid, September 27 â December 2, 1864
- Comanche Campaign, 1868âÂÂ1874
- SpanishâÂÂAmerican War, April 25 â August 12, 1898
- Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President of the United States on January 20, 1953
- United States Supreme Court hands down decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954
History of Kansas, by region
History of Kansas, by subject
Culture of Kansas
Culture of Kansas
The Arts in Kansas
Sports in Kansas
Sports in Kansas
Economy and infrastructure of Kansas
Economy of Kansas
Education in Kansas
Education in Kansas
See also
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