Bleeding Kansas

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

• John Brown

• David Rice Atchison

• Charles Robinson

• James Lane

Slave owners in Kansas Territory ran large plantations with hundreds of slaves.

• True

• False

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

• Charles Robinson

• James Lane

• Samuel Jones

• David Rice Atchison

Jayhawkers voted illegally in the first election in Kansas Territory.

• True

• False

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

• Samuel Jones

• Clarina Nichols

• David Rice Atchison

• James Lane

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

• James Lane

• Samuel Jones

• Andrew Reeder

• John Brown

Free-staters were settlers who came to Kansas Territory seeking free land.

• True

• False

A census is a way to accurately count people who live in an area.

• True

• False

The Underground Railroad was:

• a network of safe houses that helped slaves escape.

• the first railroad to be built across the continental United States.

• a company run by slave owners wanting to move to Kansas Territory.

• Destroyed during the Wakarusa War.

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

• there was too much violence in Kansas Territory.

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

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

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