Kansas Territory The Saga of Bleeding Kansas

Look at the mural on page 66 and 67 in your textbook. List some things that you see in the mural. Where is this mural located? What would this say about this time period in our history?

According to the first paragraph, why is it called “Bleeding Kansas”? Trace the history of slavery from 1820 – 1854. List the major points of the Missouri Compromise. List the major points of the Compromise of 1850.

Read “The Shame of Slavery” on page 69 in your textbook. What is an indentured servant? How do they differ from slaves? Where were slaves mainly located in the USA? How was slavery an economic issue?

Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act. What does Popular Sovereignty mean? What do you think will be the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Read the paragraph in italics at the bottom of page 70 and see if you are right.

Look at the map on page 71 and find Kansas Territory. How is it different from the state of Kansas today? What other modern day state is part of Kansas Territory? How would our state be different today if the boundaries had not been changed?

Read the “Indian Removal from Kansas” on page 73 of the textbook. What things occurred that made people want to settle in Kansas Territory? Why would the Native Americans be confused about having to move out of Kansas Territory?

What is the difference between an abolitionist and a free-stater? Where did most proslavery settlers come from? Where did most antislavery settlers come from? Name the proslavery towns/antislavery towns.

Using the information given in the section subtitled “Counting the People of the Territory” do some math. (show your work) How many people were of foreign birth (give a specific number not a percentage). What percent of the people were free African Americans and Native American? How many were from Northern states/Southern states?

How often is a census taken? When was the last census? How is the information used? (List 3 ways)

Divide into two groups (4 people in a group). Using one of the persuasive techniques you have learned in English, write a short speech in order to persuade people to come to Kansas. You will be assigned to speak to either the North or the South Use the information on page 77.

The remaining two groups will complete this assignment. Create an advertisement sponsored by the Emigrant Aid Society. Include information on who is needed, what they need to do, where they are going, how they will get there, how much it will cost, how will they be supported.

Kansas Territory did have slavery Kansas Territory did have slavery. On page 80 there are several primary source materials that tell us about slavery. List three of these. Read the Marcus Lindsay Freeman letter and find four things that are mentioned that tell us he was a slave.

Read the Ann Clark and the Underground Railroad on page 81. Use the political map of Kansas. Create two routes for the Underground Railroad. The northern one starts at Quindaro (near Kansas City) and the southern one starts at Fort Bain (half way between Fort Scott and Garnett). Each “station” was 12 miles apart. Continue on next slide

These cities are Free State Town and would be safe for the slaves. Mound City Osawatomie Topeka Horton Netawaka Powhattan Sabetha Quindaro Lawrence Oskaloosa Pardee Holton Continue on next slide

These cities are Proslavery Towns and would not be safe for a slave These cities are Proslavery Towns and would not be safe for a slave. So avoid them. Franklin Lecompton Leavenworth Atchison You want to get your slave out of the territory and into Nebraska or Iowa as quickly as possible.

The fight over slavery eventually became known as “Bleeding Kansas”. Read about the “Wakarusa War” and “Pottawatomie Massacre” on pages 82 and 84. Summarize the major action of that war. Be sure to include who, what, when, where, why, and how in your summary. Why were the rifles called “Beecher Bibles”?

Explain the differences between a border ruffian, bushwhacker, and jayhawker. How were border ruffians involved in the election of John Whitfield and the “Bogus Legislature”? What was the job of the Bogus Legislature? What did they actually accomplish?

Before Kansas could become a state, it had to create a constitution. Using pages 88-90 complete the table and matching section from the worksheet titled “Framing a State Constitution”.

Read “The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner” on page 91. Think about other similar issues or acts of violence over a national issue that has occurred recently.

Use page 94 to complete the “Pony Express Math” worksheet. Who in this room would be a good Pony Express rider?