Chapter 5 – Bleeding Kansas

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• Explain how trouble over slavery began in the USA.

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• Why did Kansas becoming a state become a problem for the USA?

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• How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

• Who was responsible for this change?

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• How did popular sovereignty help create Bleeding Kansas?

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• How did the New England Immigrant Aid Society get involved in Kansas?

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• How did Missouri bushwhackers get involved in Kansas?

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• How did the three constitutions written for Kansas before it became a state differ?

• Which constitution was finally accepted?

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• Classify the following people as either a Jayhawker or Bushwhacker and tell how they were important to Bleeding Kansas.

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• James Lane

• Charles Robinson

• “Bloody” Bill Anderson

• John Brown

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• William Quantrill

• Henry Ward Beecher

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• When did Kansas become a state?• Month• Day• Year• What did the constitution say

about slavery?

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• How large was Kansas Territory?

• What Kansas Territorial Governor gave his name to a Colorado city?

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• Make a table about the Civil War.• Name of each country• Capital cities of each country• Presidents of each country

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• Nicknames of each country• Flag designs of each country• Colors for each country• Leading Generals for each

• Stand on slavery for each• Outcome of the war for each

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• What was Kansas’ contribution to the Civil War.

• Name two battles fought in Kansas during the Civil War.

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• Why is Bleeding Kansas an appropriate name for the time period between 1854 and 1865?