Bleeding Kansas (1850s)
Bleeding Kansas & the Causes of the Civil War
Mr. Lickteig
Fort Riley Middle School (KS)
Mr. Lickteig
Fort Riley Middle School (KS)
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- Issac Goodnow
- one of the first leaders of Manhattan, KS - created Bluemont college the first college in KS, which later became K-State
- immigrant
- when someone moves INTO an area
- abolition
- banning slavery
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- got rid of the Missouri Compromise Line
- Stephen Douglas
- Senator responsible for creating the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Transcontinental Railroad
- martyr
- someone who dies for their beliefs or faith
- Emigrant Aid Society
- groups that helped fund large amounts of people from New England states to move to Kansas to vote AGAINST slavery
- migr
- morpheme meaning "to travel"
- Samuel Jones
- sheriff of Douglas Country (Lawrence) who was 2nd in Command for Quantrell
- speculator
- an investor who risks gain or loss; buys a lot of something in the hopes that it will increase in value
- Wichita
- the tribe Coronado met; named the place "Quivira"
- John Brown
- abolitionist who used VIOLENCE to stop the spread of slavery, led raid on Harper's Ferry
- ist
- morpheme meaning "one who believes in"
- James Lane
- one of the first senators from KS, led an "army" during bleeding KS fighting against slavery
- pre
- morpheme meaning "before"
- Clarina Nichols
- a woman involved in abolition and including women's rights in the KS constitution; got child custody, property rights for women, and voice in education rights included
- Dred Scott
- Supreme Court case in 1857 that declared all African Americans, whether free or slave, were NOT citizens of the US
- Lecompton
- constitution that was PRO-SLAVERY, did not pass
- Indian Removal Act
- act that offically moved Native Americans west of the Mississippi River; 1830
- Coronado
- first European to KS, was searching for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold
- graph
- morpheme meaning "writing or printing"
- Pottawatomie Massacre
- event when John Brown and his sons killed 5 unarmed pro-slavery members near a creek in KS
- emigrant
- when someone EXITS an area
- im
- morpheme meaning "into or not"
- Frederick Douglas
- runaway slave who wrote an autobiography talking about the evils of slavery, encouraged people to join the abolitionist movement
- census
- counting the number of people in an area
- Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
- organization located just east of Manhattan that brought guns hidden under bibles to KS, used to support abolitionists
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that encouraged people to join the abolitionist movement
- popular sovereignty
- established by the KS-Neb Act, allowed states to VOTE on issue of slavery
- Compromise of 1850
- allowed California to join as a free state
- abolitionist
- a person who wanted to end slavery
- trade with Natives
- the reason why the French explored Kansas
- reservation system
- process by which the US government saved land in Kansas and Oklahoma for Native American tribes to be relocated
- transcontinental
- to cross an entire portion of a large landmass; to reach from coast to coast
- Missouri Compromise
- allowed Maine to join as a free state
- trans
- morpheme meaning "across"
- Long
- American explorer who published an atlas of the midwest, labeling Kansas and nearby areas "The Great American Desert"
- Pike
- first American explorer to explore Kansas on foot; was captured by Spanish authorities after becoming lost
- repeal
- to get rid of a law
- indentured servant
- a person who agreed to work for someone for a set amount of time in exchange for paying for their trip to a new area
- Lawrence
- town that was burned by Quantril's raiders
- trails & to move west
- the reason why Americans first came to Kansas
- Abraham Lincoln
- the election of this president helped cause the Civil War
- Triangular Trade
- routes used by ships that went to three different areas (example: slaves to America, tobacco to Britain, supplies to Africa)
- Wyandotte
- the constutition that PASSED and we still use today in KS, banned slavery
- expansionist
- someone who thought the US should get LARGER
- Lewis and Clark
- explorer sent to chart the northern portion of the Lousiana Territory; was looking for a water route to the Pacific
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- passed in 1854, allowed new states to VOTE to be free or slave
- Fugitive Slave Act
- law that said any runaway slave found anywhere in the US (even the north) was required to be returned to their owner
- con
- morpheme meaning "together or with"
- Wakarusa War
- another name for Bleeding Kansas, battles between abolitionists from KS and pro-slavery people from Missouri
- Harper's Ferry
- place where John Brown attacked a federal armory to steal weapons to fight slave owners
- Leavenworth
- constitution that gave rights to ALL males, regardless of color - did not pass
- Charles Sumner
- senator who gave a speech called "Crime Against Kansas", was beat with a cane by another senator from the South
- spec
- morpheme meaning "to see or look"
- jayhawker
- a person living in Kansas who was AGAINST slavery
- Charles Robinson
- abolitionist who was jailed in Lecompton & had his house burned by bushwhackers; became the first Governor of the STATE of KS
- 1861
- year KS became a state
- sectionalism
- people in a certain AREA think their ideas and interests are correct and more important than those of people in other regions (North vs South for example)
- bushwhacker
- a person from Missouri who used violence to encourage people to vote to make KS a slave state
- Missouri Compromise
- created a line at 36'30
- State's Rights
- one of the causes of the Civil War, the South favored this over Federal rights
- Compromise of 1850
- the South was allowed to pass the Fugitive Slave Act during this
- assimilate
- to accept the culture of the majority but lose some of your unique culture
- William Quantrell
- leader of the Missouri force that burned Lawrence
- siege
- surrounding a town or fort, blocking supplies from getting in...eventually taking the city
- David Atchison
- a pro-slavery senator from Missouri who encouraged people to support slavery in KS
- Bogus Legislature
- nickname of the first congress elected in KS because people thought it was fake (people from Missouri voted for pro-slavery people)
- missionary
- group of Americans who moved to remote areas to convert Native Americans to Christianity, teach them to read and write English, and some vocational skills
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- pioneer
- the first people to a new area
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- while running for president, two men had arguements in which one took a strong stance against slavery
- confluence
- where two rivers meet
- Andrew Reeder
- 1st territorial governor of Kansas
- border ruffian
- a person from Missouri who crossed the border to VOTE illegally to make KS a slave state
- re
- morpheme meaning "again"
- Missouri Compromise
- allowed Missouri to join as a slave state
- dem
- morpheme meaning "people"
- gold & silver
- the reason why the Spanish explored Kansas
- cotton
- the main crop grown in the south, required slave labor
- treason
- committing crimes against your own country