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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
Subtopics
Cities and towns
- Lawrence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Manhattan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Topeka [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wichita [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
U.S. Senate
- Sam Brownback [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Kansas); Senate Committee on Appropriations; Joint Economic Committee, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Senate Special Committee on Aging; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Senate Cancer Coalition; Human Rights Caucus; Senate Values Action Team; Congressional Internet Caucus [e]
- Pat Roberts [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Kansas), Senate Committee on Finance [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- Lynn Jenkins [r]: U.S. Representative, (R-Kansas) House Financial Services Committee; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Dennis Moore [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jerry Moran [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Todd Tiahrt [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Kansas), Republican Study Committee [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
Education
- Kansas State University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- University of Kansas [r]: Add brief definition or description
Industry and agriculture
- Wheat [r]: Grass crop grown worldwide and used in making flour and fermentation for alcohol production. [e]
Geographical and geological features
- Arkansas River [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Republican River [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Smoky Hills [r]: Add brief definition or description
Noteworthy places
- Examples: Hoover Dam
People
- John Brown [r]: (1800-59) American abolitionist who led a raid on the U.S. federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was hanged for his efforts, becoming a martyr in the antislavery fight as a result. [e]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
Federal
Department of Defense
- Fort Leavenworth [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combined Arms Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combat Studies Institute [r]: A military think tank of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, colocated with the Combined Arms Center, Command and General Staff College and School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas [e]
- Command and General Staff College [r]: A graduate degree granting U.S. Army professional education school for midcareer officers, typically majors, preparing for positions involving operational art at the brigade and division level [e]
- U.S. Army Disciplinary Barracks [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combined Arms Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fort Riley [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 1st Infantry Division (U.S.) [r]: A prominent U.S. Army division, known as the "Big Red One" for its insignia, a bold red 1 on a green shield; stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas. [e]
Department of Justice
Federal lands
Kansas history
- Brown v. Board of Education [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dodge City, Kansas [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: A U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. [e]
- John Brown [r]: (1800-59) American abolitionist who led a raid on the U.S. federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was hanged for his efforts, becoming a martyr in the antislavery fight as a result. [e]
- Dust Bowl [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Kansas v. Crane [r]: A 2002 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, ruling that a person could not be adjudicated a sexual predator and put in indefinite medical confinement, purely on assessment of an emotional disorder, but such action required proof of a likelihood of uncontrollable impulse presenting a clear and present danger. [e]
- Tornado [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wizard of Oz [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. states and Canadian provinces of the Great Plains
- Alberta [r]: One of the western prairie provinces of Canada, rich in oil and with a population of about 3.5 million (2007 estimate). [e]
- Saskatchewan [r]: An Prairie province in central Canada with a population of about 994,000. [e]
- Manitoba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Montana [r]: One of the 50 states of the United States (statehood 1889, 41st state), located in the northern Great Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains; est. population (2008) 967,000. [e]
- North Dakota [r]: One of the 50 states of the United States (statehood 1889, 39th state) located on the Great Plains in north central U.S.; est. population (2008) 641,000. [e]
- South Dakota [r]: One of the 50 states of the United States (statehood 1889, 40th state) located on the Great Plains in north central U.S.; est. population (2008) 804,000. [e]
- Wyoming [r]: One of the 50 states of the United States (statehood 1890, 44th state) located on the Great Plains and eastern Rocky Mountains in north central U.S.; est. population (2008) 533,000. [e]
- Colorado [r]: State in the western United States. [e]
- Nebraska [r]: One of the 50 states of the United States (statehood 1867, 37th state) located on the Great Plains in central U.S.; est. population (2008) 1,783,000. [e]
- Oklahoma [r]: The 46th state admitted to the United States of America. [e]
- Texas [r]: A State in the Southern USA. [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
Bot-suggested topics
- American Majority [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Arthritis [r]: A group of medical conditions where there is damage caused to the joints of the body. [e]
- Barack Obama [r]: (1961–) 44th President of the United States of America (2009-) and a former Senator from Illinois. [e]
- Baseline (surveying) [r]: The principal east-west line that divides survey townships between north and south. [e]
- Cowboy [r]: A horseman skilled at handling cattle. [e]
- Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service [r]: A U.S. Supreme Court case which determined that facts or lists of facts could not be copyrighted. [e]
- Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
- Jacques Goudstikker [r]: (1897 - 1940) Jewish Dutch art dealer. [e]
- Joe Louis [r]: (1914 – 1981) Regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers off all-time: in a single, unbroken championship reign of 11 years and 8 months, he defended his heavyweight title 25 times. [e]
- Lee R. Berger [r]: Anthropologist / archeologist noted for work on Australopithecus africanus and the Taung Bird of Prey Hypothesis. [e]
- Louis Theroux [r]: British broadcaster, best known for producing documentaries on offbeat American subcultures. [e]
- Stephen A. Douglas [r]: (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) American politician from the western state of Illinois, who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860, losing to Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln. [e]
- U.S. Army Command and General Staff College [r]: Midcareer staff college of the United States Army [e]
