Kansas in the 1940s-1950s. World War II Before the U.S. entered the war, most Kansans were isolationists (they didn’t want to get involved) 215,000 Kansas.

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Kansas in the 1940s-1950s

World War II Before the U.S. entered the war, most Kansans were isolationists (they didn’t want to get involved) 215,000 Kansas men and women go on to serve the military during WWII

Normandy On the beaches of Normandy, France, Kansan Dwight Eisenhower helped defeat Germany He returned home to Kansas to an incredible parade Italy, Germany, and Japan were defeated

Civil Rights in Kansas The Civil Rights movement had a great foothold in the state of Kansas In 1896, the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case had decided that separate but equal was fair The U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education ended segregation

Dockum Drug sit-in In Wichita, drug store owners would not serve African Americans food In 1958, several well dressed African American students staged a sit-in protest The owners eventually gave in because they were losing too much business

Cold War When WWII ended only the U.S. and the Soviet Union were left as superpowers Both sides had weapons of mass destruction, but neither used them They backed opposing sides in conflicts throughout the world

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