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A settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery.
free-stater
Violation of allegiance toward one’s own country.
treason
A series of battles that led to the beginning of the Civil War.
Bleeding Kansas
South Carolina was the first state to ___________ from the Union in 1860 that eventually led to the Civil War.
secede
The rebels engaged in _______________, hiding in the mountains and attacking supply lines under the cover of night.
guerrilla warfare
A person who wanted to bring an end to slavery.
abolitionist
The surrounding and blockading of a city or town by an army attempting to capture it.
siege
In death, Tom has become a __________ for the cause.
martyr
________________ targeted Kansas civilians and federal soldiers to disrupt union efforts in the region, often engaging in house-to-house executions.
Bushwhackers
He was convicted of __________ and sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying on the government.
treason
Kansas settlers who raided pro-slavery settlements in Missouri.
jayhawker
To revoke
Repeal
Led by figures like James H. Lane, ________________ conducted raids into Missouri, seizing property and freeing enslaved people.
Jayhawkers
Armed with bows and weapons, the ______________ invaded Kansas, stuffing ballot boxes to ensure a proslavery legislature.
border ruffians
The US Constitution is built on the concept of________________ , ensuring that the government is responsible to its citizens".
popular sovereignty
Missouri settlers who crossed into Kansas to influence the outcome of the slavery issue in Kansas.
border-ruffian
One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his or her beliefs.
martyr
An irregular military unit operating in small bands that harass and undermine the enemy using surprise attacks.
Guerrilla warfare
His mother, who introduced him at age 5 to Walden Pond, was an _____________ who ran a station on the Underground Railroad, for which he would act as a conductor.
abolitionist
Activists are campaigning to __________ the controversial policy that the animal shelter.
repeal
Missouri settlers who raided antislavery settlements in Kansas.
bushwhacker
The concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens.
Popular Sovereignty
To withdraw from an organization.
secede
Unlike abolitionists who wanted to end slavery everywhere, many ______________ primarily wanted to prevent slavery in Kansas to keep the territory for white settlers, though some supported full abolition.
Free-Staters
The castle was built to withstand a long ___________ if it came to a long-standing war.
siege