4. Give an account of the drouth of 1859-’60. How long did it last?
5. What was the population of Kansas in 1860?
6. What was the effect of the drouth on Kansas?
7. What have you read of pioneer conditions other than in this book?
8. What have you learned about early Kansas conditions from talking with people?
9. What new burden came with the beginning of statehood?
CHAPTER XIII
KANSAS IN THE CIVIL WAR
Beginning of the Civil War. Just before Kansas was admitted several of the southern states seceded from the Union. The trouble between the North and the South had reached the point where it could no longer be compromised. Other states seceded, and when, on April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired upon, the Civil War had begun.