Compromises Flashcards
Senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Stephan Douglas
Kansas abolitionist who massacred a pro-slave settlement in Kansas.
John Brown
Missouri senator that encouraged Border Ruffians to vote in Kansas’s constitutional elections.
David Rice Atchison
Anti-slavery Kansan who led the 400 person “Army of the North” to move to Kansas.
James Lane
Anti-slavery Kansan that made raids to Missouri.
Jayhawker
Pro-slavery Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements.
Bushwhackers
Missourians who illegally crossed into Kansas and voted.
Border Ruffian
Nickname given to Kansas due to the violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.
Bleeding Kansas
The event in which Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote illegally.
Bogus Elections
This event occurred when pro-slavery forces surrounded Lawrence cutting off supplies, but departed peacefully after a week.
Wakarusa War
This event occurred when John Brown led a small group that slaughtered five pro-slave settlers in a small settlement in Northeastern Kansas.
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
During this attack, several sites in a anti-slavery community in Kansas were burned by those supporting the pro-slavey side.
Sacking of Lawrence