Settlers from Missouri, a slave state to the east of Kansas, crossed the border to attack those who spoke out about slavery. Kansas settlers also launched raids into Missouri.
The territory became known as "Bleeding Kansas" for the violent conflicts between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions. On January 29, , Kansas joined the Union as a free state. During the violent period of conflict before the Civil War, Kansas was sometimes referred to as "The Battleground of Freedom.
This historical nickname, sometimes phrased as "The Jayhawker State," traces its history back to and the conflicts between Kansas and Missouri during the time when Kansas earned the name "Bleeding Kansas" see above. When an Irishman, named Pat Devlin, was asked what he was doing participating in raids crossing the border into Missouri, he replied, "You know, in Ireland we have a bird we call the Jayhawk, which makes its living off of other birds.
I guess you might say I've been Jayhawking! Missourians became known as "bushwhackers. The Jayhawk was later transformed into a mythical creature, a blue and red bird. Kirke Mecham wrote in his booklet, The Mythical Jayhawk , that the jayhawk "not only could change its size at will but could make itself invisible, and was immortal.
People who live in or come from Kansas are called Kansans. Kansans are sometimes referred to as Jayhawkers. Kansans have also been referred to as Grasshoppers and Sunflowers, names derived from some of the state nicknames described above.
The fourth quarter to be released in commemorates the State of Kansas. On January 29, , the "Sunflower State" became the 34th state to be admitted into the Union. The Kansas commemorative quarter incorporates two of the State's most beloved symbols, the state animal and flower, the buffalo and the sunflower. Each of these two design elements is a visual reminder of our Nation's heartland. They feature prominently in the history of the territory, and both were found in abundance throughout the State in the middle of the 19th century when Kansas gained its statehood.
With its release in the Fall of , it is the second United States circulating coin of to carry an image of the buffalo. In June of , Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius announced the creation of the member Kansas Commemorative Coin Commission to narrow the search for Kansas' quarter design to four finalists.
The winning design was then recommended by the State's high school students in a statewide vote held in the Spring of In addition to the winning design, the other finalists included an image of the statue that sits atop the State Capitol -- an American Indian archer aiming his bow skyward, toward the North Star, an image of a sunflower with wheat, and a design that featured a single sunflower.
For more about the state commemorative quarters, visit this page. History of the State of Kansas , A. Andreas, Chicago, Illinois - Mahwah, N. The Kansas-Nebraska Act established the U. With five state institutions of higher education, Governor Walter Stubbs appointed a three-member committee in to study the state schools, colleges and universities, each of which was governed by its own separate board, and to make a recommendation regarding the creation of a single controlling board for all five.
In , after much discussion and debate, the Legislature and the Governor settled on the creation of a centralized three-member Board of Administration to govern the five state schools of higher education.
The members of this Board of Administration were appointed by the Governor and confirmed in Executive Session by the Senate. All could be from the same political party and all could be from the same geographic location. They were charged with overseeing business operations at the universities, providing a biennial report to the Legislature, and hiring the chief executives of the institutions. By , a new Board of Administration was created, comprised of the Governor and three members appointed by the Governor.
This new Board of Administration took control of seven educational institutions the five state schools as well as the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind as well as the penal, correctional, and charitable institutions of the State.
New provisions for the Board also set forth methods for contracting with vendors, drafting policy, setting guidelines for chief executives and business officers of the institutions, and providing purpose and direction for the Board. Following an episode of unprecedented political meddling in higher education by the Governor and Board of Administration, in the Legislature again separated control of the state higher education system from the other state institutions and created the first entity equivalent to the modern-day Board of Regents.
This was a body of nine citizen members, appointed by the Governor, who served without pay, met on a statutory schedule, and governed the five state institutions of higher education.
Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. United States Constitution. Virgin Islands. Categories : Kansas Constitution Constitution articles by state.
Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? How do I register to vote? How do I request a ballot? When do I vote?
When are polls open? Who Represents Me?
0コメント