Ch. 4 Bleeding Kansas Test

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

• both the antislavery and proslavery forces wanted control of the government.  
• there was too much violence in Kansas Territory.  
• the new settlers did not have experience setting up a government.  
• those who invested in towns only did so to make a profit.  

The first governor of Kansas Territory.  

• Andrew Reeder
• Charles Robinson
• James Lane
• David Rice Atchison

? is an abolitionist who fought for the rights of women.  

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Clarina Nichols
• Ann Clark
• Samantha Jones

The Underground Railroad was: 

• the first railroad to be built across the continental U.S.  
• destroyed during the Wakarusa War.  
• a company run by slave owners wanting to move to Kansas Territory.  
• a network of safe houses that helped slaves escape.  

Border Ruffians from Missouri voted in the first territorial election because:

• they intended to move to Kansas Territory in the future.  
• they wanted to see if they could get away with illegally voting in another state.  
• they wanted the proslavery forces to take control of Kansas Territory.  
• they did not know where the border of Missouri was located.  

Under which constitution did Kansas become a state? 

• Topeka
• Lecompton
• Wyandotte
• Leavenworth

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

• David Rice Atchison
• John Brown
• Andrew Reeder
• Charles Robinson

Abolitionists believed slavery was immoral and should be abolished.  

• True 
• False

The Pony Express ended because Kansas became a state.  

• True 
• False

Name given to settlers in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period in the 1850s who opposed the expansion of slavery.

• Bushwackers

• Jayhawkers

• Free staters

• Border ruffians