ss Flashcards
(17 cards)
Missouri Compromise
Admitting main as a free state
Admitting missouri as a slave state
prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territor
Compromise of 1850
Admitting california a free state
established the territories of Utah and New Mexico where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
.controversial act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska,
2.allowing residents to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
Who was the abolitionist and jayhawker that became the first Senator of Kansas?
James lane
What does popular sovereignty mean and how did it affect Kansas Territory?
It meant that the people were in power when it came to voting, meaning that they would revolt against each other.
Describe why Kansas got the name “Bleeding Kansas”
They got it because they was mush bloodshed from the cause of the pro-slavery and anti-slavery fighting
What was the Underground Railroad and how did it impact Kansas during this time period?
The underground railroad where tunnels were owned slaves could escape and be free by roads, bouarding, and tunnels. It impacted kansas by having less and less slaves causing kaos for the pro-slavery.
Who were the border ruffians and what was their impact during this time period?
Missourians crossed the border into Kansas territory and illegally voted, causing election in slaves to be imbalanced.
Who were the jayhawkers and the bushwackers and what was their role in Bleeding Kansas?
Jayhawkers are when kansans crossed into missouri and caused a raid, bushwacker are when missourians crossed into kansas and caused raids.
What were some of the events/violent acts during Bleeding Kansas?
the Sack of Lawrence, the Pottawatomie Massacre, the caning of Senator Charles Sumner, and the Marais des Cygnes Massacre.
How many constitutions were drafted in Kansas and which one finally passed?
There were 4, and Wyandotte constitution
Which constitution allowed slavery?
The lecompton constitution
In which constitution were women allowed certain freedoms?
The wyandotte
What is the difference between abolitionists and free-staters?
The difference is that free states only believed in anti-slavery in Kansas, while abolitionists wanted to end slavery.
Describe Quantrill’s raid. How was this different from a regular “battle”? When did it occur?
It was not a battle, it was massacre from the pro-slavery settlers lead (William Quantrill). Only male all ages were killed.
What was the name of the law that drove Missouri citizens from their land during the Civil War?
The missouri compromise
hy were each of the following groups of African American Kansans important?
1st Kansas Colored Infantry, They were blacks who believed the could fight and when and prove themselves that they had equalities to white.
Buffalo Soldiers were when the blacks in the military were recruited to work in the forest and manage nature, roads, construction, and the park itself.
Exodusters
African Americans who migrated to Kansas (and other parts of the West) from the South, particularly between 1879 and 1880, as part of the Exodus of 1879
