Kansas History Chapter 4

Pro slavery sheriff of Douglas County who attacked Lawrence and burned down newspaper offices and other buildings.

• David Rice Atchison

• Samuel Jones

• James Lane

• Clarina Nichols

The first governor of Kansas Territory

• John Brown

• James Lane

• Andrew Reeder

• Charles Robinson

Elected governor at the Topeka Convention and later arrested for treason by proslavery supporters

• David Rice Atchson

• John Brown

• James Lane

• Charles Robinson

An abolitionist who fought for the rights of women.

• John Brown

• Ann Clark

• Clarina Nichols

• Charles Roboinson

A US senator from Missouri who encouraged proslavery settlers to come to Kansas Territory.

• David Rice Atchison

• John Brown

• James Lane

• Charles Robinson

A well-known abolitionist who was willing to use violence to end slavery and was hanged for treason.

• John Brown

• Samuel Jones

• James Lane

• Andrew Reeder

An antislavery supporter who organized 400 settlers from northern states to come to Kansas Territory.

• David Rice Atchison

• Charles Robinson

• James Lane

• Samuel Jones

A slave from Lecompton who escaped who escaped on the Underground Railroad.

• Clarina Nichols

• Samuel Jones

• John Brown

• Ann Clark

The concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.

• Allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.

• Brought about the DredScott decision.

• Made the Underground Railroad lega.

Attempts to organize a government in Kansas Territory were difficult because:

• the new settler did not have experience setting up a governemnt.

• those who invested in towns only did so to make a profit.

• both antislavery and proslavery forces wanted control of the government.

• there was too much violence in Kansas Territory.