1. KANSAS BEGINS TO BLEED

2. ACTS OF VIOLENCE  Throughout the territorial period of Kansas at least 50 people lost their lives in the fight over slavery  This is BEFORE the war even starts  Many more were injured or their property was destroyed

3. LAWRENCE  Residents of Lawrence were very vocal about the free state cause  Proslavery supporters got newspapers in Lawrence shut down  They even burned two offices to the ground along with the homes of the several reporters

4. THE POTTAWATOMIE MASSACRE  John Brown and a few others initiated a brutal attack on proslavery supporters, killing 5 men  The violence in the Kansas Territory was beginning to make national news

5. BORDER RUFFIANS VS. JAYHAWKERS  Missourians who voted illegally in Kansas elections were known as border ruffians  Bushwhackers referred to the Missourians who made raids on antislavery settlements  Kansans who attacked Missouri settlements were called jayhawkers

6. THE FATE OF JOHN BROWN  Brown left Kansas after the Pottawatomie Massacre to free slaves on the east coast and start a slave rebellion  He raided a federal arsenal for this rebellion but was caught and hanged  He became a martyr for the abolitionist cause

7. ELECTION DAY  The first election was rejected because of all of the fake votes  The second election had fake votes as well (over half) resulting in a pro slavery legislature  They made it illegal for anyone to speak against slavery  The free staters decided to make their own government

8. TWO GOVERNMENTS IN KANSAS  There were now two governments in Kansas and several cities set about creating a constitution  In order to become a state, Kansas needed one constitution  It did not seem likely that a compromise would be struck any time soon