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. 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. 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?