People Flashcards
Senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen 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 Kansans that made raids into MIssouri
Jayhawker
Pro-slave Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements
Bushwacker
Missourians who illegally crossed into Kansas and voted
Border Ruffian
Author of best-selling anti-slavery novel
Harriet Beecher Stowe
First governor of Kansas
Charles Robinson
Republican Candidate for the 1860 election
Abraham Lincoln