Bleeding Kansas (Grade 9)
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Bleeding Kansas
1.
What was the name of the conflict between anti- and pro-slavery groups in Kansas from 1854-1861?
- Jayhawk War
- Ruffian Raids
- Bleeding Kansas
- Bushwacker Battles
2.
Why did people from across the country travel to Kansas?
- because gold was found at the Monument Rocks
- the promise of fifty acres and a mule
- to influence the vote on slavery
- to escape conflicts in the east
3.
Pro-slavery groups from Missouri were known as what?
- Jayhawks
- Raiders
- Pottawatomies
- Border Ruffians
4.
Whose newspaper, the New York Tribune, made the term "Bleeding Kansas" famous?
- Thomas Nast
- Horace Greeley
- Frederick Douglass
- William Randolph Hearst
5.
What were "Beecher's Bibles"?
6.
In 1855, where was the Kansas anti-slavery legislature based?
- Topeka
- Wichita
- Kansas City
- Lecompton
7.
Senator Charles Sumner was attacked by which representative after giving a speech condemning the action of pro-slavery forces in Kansas?
- Andrew Butler
- Stephen Douglas
- Preston Brooks
- John Crittenden
8.
Where did John Brown lead an attack on pro-slavery settlers?
9.
Though he was defeated, John Brown's role in which battle made him a national figure?
- Topeka
- Black Jack
- Osawatomie
- Marais des Cygnes
10.
How was Kansas able to enter the Union as a free state?
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