Bleeding Kansas Vocab
The Weavers
The Shannons
The Skeleton
Misc.
100
What is the term that means against slavery?
What is antislavery?
100
How old is James?
What is 12?
100
How old is Dana?
What is 12 1/2?
100
What is the name of the coroner who examines the skeleton and lets Dana sit in his office during the autopsy?
What is Dr. Baxi?
100
What do Quakers NOT believe in?
What is killing for sport or using violence?
200
What is the term for believing in or for slavery?
What is proslavery?
200
How old is Rebecca?
What is 5?
200
Why did the Shannons buy the 135 year old house in Lawrence? (2 reasons)
What is for the historical value and to turn it into a bed and breakfast?
200
Name 3 things learned about the skeleton from the autopsy?
What is African American woman, left-handed, no children, over 100 years old, worked hard
200
What is the name of the African American boy in Dana's class?
What is Jeep?
300
What is the name given to proslavery Missourians who raided Kansas towns and voted illegally in elections?
What is Border Ruffians?
300
What religion are the Weavers?
What is Quaker?
300
What does Dr. Shannon do for a living?
What is a history professor at KU?
300
What name do Dana's friends give to the body?
What is Elvira Lincoln?
300
The small, black book Dana found with the skeleton turned out to be whose diary?
What is Millicent Weaver's?
400
What is the term used to identify a gun, the sharps carbine, that a reverend sent to the colony of Wabaunsee, Kansas in boxes marked "Bibles".
What is Beecher's Bibles?
400
What city and state did the Weavers live in before moving to Kansas?
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
400
What street in Lawrence is the Shannon family house located on?
What is Tennessee Street?
400
How did Dana discover the skeleton?
What is by boring through the wall with a screwdriver?
400
By what date did Dana agree to turn the diary over to the investigators?
What is July 1?
500
What is the term for the principal that allowed for voters to determine whether slavery would be permitted in their territory?
What is popular sovereignty?
500
In Chapter 4 what does Ma make James and Rebecca swear to on the Bible?
What is to swear not to tell Pa that they are harboring runaway slaves?
500
Why does Dr. Baxi let Dana come to the autopsy?
What is because his wife is Dana's teacher and he knows she is interested in biology?
500
Name three things that were in the room with the skeleton?
What is 2 cots, a crock, and the black book?
500
Who is the President of the United States in 1856 when the past part of the story takes place?
Who is Franklin Pierce?
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