Important
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People of Kansas Territory 1
People of Kansas Territory 2
Government Acts
100
supportive of the practice of slavery
What is proslavery?
100
opposed to the practice of slavery
What is antislavery?
100
one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his or her beliefs
Who is a martyr?
100
someone who invests financially in something, with the possibility of great gains or losses
Who is a speculator?
100
Allowed two states to enter the Union, one slave and one free, and banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase north of 36, 30' north latitude
What is The Missouri Compromise?
200
a person who wanted to bring about the immediate end of slavery
What is an abolitionist?
200
a state of subjection to an owner or master
What is servitude?
200
A well-known abolitionist who was willing to use violence to end slavery and was hanged for treason
Who is John Brown?
200
A U.S. senator from Missouri who encouraged proslavery settlers to come to Kansas Territory
Who is David Rice Atchison?
200
California would be admitted as a free state, but the Fugitive Slave Act would be adopted
What is The Compromise of 1850?
300
the practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion
What is expansionist?
300
spanning or crossing a continent
What is transcontinental?
300
The first governor of Kansas Territory
Who is Andrew Reeder?
300
A slave from Lecompton who escaped on the Underground Railroad
Who is Ann Clark?
300
to revoke
What is repeal?
400
a free-soil or Unionist guerrilla in Kansas and Missouri during the border disputes
What is a jayhawker?
400
a settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery
What is a free-stater?
400
An abolitionist who fought for the rights of women
Who is Clarina Nichols?
400
Proslavery sheriff of Douglas County who attacked Lawrence and burned down newspaper offices and other buildings
Who is Samuel Jones?
400
Gave the people who settled the new territories the right to decide on the issue of slavery
What is The Kansas-Nebraska Act?
500
Missouri settlers who raided antislavery settlements in Kansas
What is a bushwhacker?
500
Missouri settlers who crossed into Kansas to influence the outcome of the slavery issue in Kansas
What is a border ruffian?
500
An antislavery supporter who organized 400 settlers from northern states to come to Kansas Territory
Who is James Lane?
500
Elected governor at the Topeka Convention and later arrested for treason by proslavery supporters
Who is Charles Robinson?
500
An individual could claim up to 160 acres and was obligated to pay $1.25 per acre once a public land survey was complete
What is the Preemption Act?
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