Vocabulary
to free from somone's control
emancipate
This group settled the towns of Lawrences and Topeka
Free-Staters or Anti Slavery
What is the only group that is allowed to vote?
White Males
What town did abolitionist Isaac and Ellen Goodnow help found?
Manhattan
John Brown was a well-known what?
abolitionist
a settler who believed Knasas should not allow slavery
Free-Stater
Atchison
What do we call it when they count the people in the area?
census
Missouri Senator, David Atchison, encourage Missourians to do what for the Kansas vote?
cross the border and vote
How many sons did he have?
5
the surrounding of a city or town by an army attempting to capture it
siege
Beside being able to vote for Popular Sovereignty , what other reason did people move to Kansas?
cheap land
Name me one group they were not suppose to count for the territorial census.
Military or Native American
Sheriff Jones and men from Buford expedition went and burn down building in what town?
Lawrence
What did he want to give to the slaves to help them start a rebellion?
weapons
the act of betraying ones country
treason
How much could the settlers buy the 160 acres for with the Preemption Act?
$1.25
Name one of the places that was big enough to be called a city for the federal census?
Atchison or Leavenworth
What was the name of the secret group that help slaves to freedom?
Underground Railroad.
He was caught and convicted of what?
treason
a person who dies for a cause, especially political or religious beliefs
martyr
What do we call the people who bought land cheap and wanted to sell it for a profit to make towns?
speculators
What was the name of the first territorial governor?
Andrew H. Reeder
The New England Emigrant Aid Company helped what group of people move to Kansas by giving discount ferry rides and helping find land?
Anti-Slavery
How did he die?
hanged